John Heilemann: Trump 'Frustrated' That 'He Cannot Behave Like an Authoritarian Dictator'
by Aidan McLaughlin | 9:04 am, November 3rd, 2017
-snip-
Trump’s bloodlust for his former rival was broached on MSNBC Friday morning, as host Willie Geist lamented that the president is “imploring the Justice Department and the FBI to go after his political opponents.”
“Yes, after acknowledging at least, in some notional sense that he understood that he’s not allowed to do that,” political analyst John Heilemann added, “he’s now frustrated by that fact that he can’t behave like an authoritarian dictator.”
Heilemann noted that Trump is “a master at changing the subject,” pointing out that the president’s declarations about Clinton come the same week that the “[Robert] Meuller probe is closing in on him.”
“Being able…to go back to one of his most successful campaign riffs, at least for his base — Crooked Hillary — and throw out an all encompassing set of charges here,” Heilemann said, “is the way he likes to deal with problems when they land in his lap.”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-heilemann-trump-frustrated-that-he-cannot-behave-like-an-authoritarian-dictator/
= new reply since forum marked as read
