Trump has ranted on the subject several times. Sometimes he says 2nd Amendment.. sometimes he says Article 2.
Two quotes, a month apart, neatly capture the essence of Donald Trump's presidency:
"No, I don't take responsibility at all." — March 13
"When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that's the way it's got to be. It's total." — April 13
There is something quintessentially Trumpian about the claim of total authority and zero responsibility. He alone can save us, he insists, but don't blame him if he doesn't.
There is something quintessentially Trumpian about the claim of total authority and zero responsibility. He alone can save us, he insists, but don’t blame him if he doesn’t.
So it was perhaps not surprising that the day after he claimed "total authority" over the decisions of state governments, he backed off. Instead, he said Tuesday night, he was "authorizing" the states to make their own decisions about reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Of course, the states didn't need his authorization, but the appearance of Trump as the man in charge but not responsible had to be maintained.
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Two quotes, a month apart, neatly capture the essence of Donald Trump's presidency:
"No, I don't take responsibility at all." — March 13
"When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that's the way it's got to be. It's total." — April 13
There is something quintessentially Trumpian about the claim of total authority and zero responsibility. He alone can save us, he insists, but don't blame him if he doesn't.
There is something quintessentially Trumpian about the claim of total authority and zero responsibility. He alone can save us, he insists, but don’t blame him if he doesn’t.
So it was perhaps not surprising that the day after he claimed "total authority" over the decisions of state governments, he backed off. Instead, he said Tuesday night, he was "authorizing" the states to make their own decisions about reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Of course, the states didn't need his authorization, but the appearance of Trump as the man in charge but not responsible had to be maintained.