As bad as the past three years have been, imagine the havoc that President Donald Trump believes he can wreak with impunity under this new 'Trump Doctrine,' as expounded by his lawyer.
that the president can't be impeached for anything he does to get re-elected because the president thinks his re-election is in the public interest.
Half a century later, and we have a very different Republican Party. It has become a cult of personality for Donald Trump. For most elected Republicans, loyalty to Trump is more important than loyalty to our nation or to the principles that undergird a democracy. As bad as the past three years have been, imagine the havoc that Trump believes he can wreak with impunity under this new"Trump Doctrine," as expounded by his lawyer.
What if he directed the FBI and Department of Homeland Security not to follow up certain terrorist tips, in the hopes that an attack right in September or October would help him in the election? Allocating scarce resources for the purposes of re-election is perfectly legitimate under the Trump Doctrine, and Congress can do nothing.
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