Wants to be the imperial president
By Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst
Updated 1:56 PM ET, Sat August 26, 2017
... The man who inhabits the Oval Office is a person who sees no restraints on his power and who does not believe any other branch of government can get in his way.
This is why he has spent the last few weeks going after the Republican Congress ...
... Most of our presidents discover at some point that they are not quite as imperial as they think. If this intra-party battle royale actually does continue, President Trump could find himself on the losing end. Congress still has the ability to cause immense damage to a president -- even when it is controlled by the same party ...
President Trump is more vulnerable than most. His unorthodox and controversial style of politics creates more political incentives for Republicans to take a stand against his presidency. When a president offers sympathetic words about white supremacists and pardons a person like Arpaio before he is even sentenced or seriously vetted by the Justice Department, the costs of a member of his own party putting forth a challenge are much lower than in normal times ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/26/opinions/trump-imperial-president-opinion-zelizer/index.html
