July 24, 2019

Ahead of Mueller Testimony, Trump Says Constitution Gives Him “the Right to Do Whatever I Want as President”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-mueller-constitution-obstruction-article-2-executive-authority.html?fbclid=IwAR0apNAhALC-CDRbYxmSjKh74yOS3RVnT0X9-zDKu0LxmxsUz6vDhB6PPx0
"Article II of the Constitution grants the president executive authority and outlines certain congressional powers, but stops well short of, you know, empowering the president to do whatever he or she wants. Obviously. That’s not how laws work or how constitutions work, but it is how Trump thinks and talks. The problem is when the thinking and talking makes its way into doing."