Founders feared 'a King of the worst kind'; elected
By Maurizio Valsania / For The Conversation
If there are any limits to a president’s power, it wasn’t evident from Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
In that speech, the first before lawmakers of Trump’s second term, the president declared vast accomplishments during the brief six weeks of his presidency. He claimed to have “brought back free speech” to the country. He declared that there were only two sexes, “male and female.” He reminded the audience that he had unilaterally renamed an international body of water as well as the country’s tallest mountain.
“Our country is on the verge of a comeback the likes of which the world has never witnessed, and perhaps will never witness again,” Trump asserted.
The extravagant claims appear to match Trump’s view of the presidency; one virtually kinglike in its unilateral power.
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