This is always so amusing. Democrats and the right leaning #NeverTrumpers are always yammering on about all the ways Trump is a dictator and trashing the Constitution, but, this is the best they can do
Trump’s second act is rife with enablers of constitutional degradation
THE TRUMP presidency has entered a dangerous new phase. Administration officials who had some scruples have given way to men (yes, only men) whose first priority seems to be retaining their jobs. Because the chief requirement for that is personal loyalty to the president, who has shown himself to be without scruple, decency or respect for the Constitution, the result is the progressive erosion of core institutions. (snip)
The wisdom of that view is being borne out by the administration’s second act. It may be that Attorney General William P. Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also are protecting the country from Mr. Trump’s whims and grudges in ways that we cannot see.
But what we do see suggests they are playing the role of enablers of constitutional degradation: From the Justice Department, the dishonest rollout of Mr. Mueller’s report, or the politically driven threat of an antitrust lawsuit against car makers who anger the president by negotiating clear-air standards with California. At State, an abject failure to stand up for honorable Foreign Service officers slandered for doing their jobs honorably. At the White House, a willingness to encourage, and then lie about, the abuse of foreign-policy powers in service of personal political interests. At the Pentagon, a refusal to stand up to Mr. Trump’s malign interference in the military justice process. And this is not an exhaustive list.
I enjoy the part about the Mueller report, a cute little attempt to de-legitimize it. Of course, nothing in there is unconstitutional, just Politics 101. And, yet, the same WPEB had zero problem with all the actual violations of the Constitution from the Obama administration (even the left-leaning Atlantic has problems with Obama), nor have they mentioned Joe Biden using his position to enrich his son, nor current Democrat presidential contenders blatantly saying they will violate Constitutional Rights.
