So, as America’s first elected king, Donald Trump is above US law. The Supreme Court has confirmed that the only check on his actions is Congress, and their only recourse is impeachment and conviction, which isn’t going to happen until there is a genocide of white Americans or a nuclear attack on an ally, and only maybe then.
Trump also believes he can declassify any government document by thinking it unclassified. I’m pretty sure that isn’t true or legal, but since he is above the law, it doesn’t matter.
He has given Elon Musk permission to rummage through all the government documents on government computer systems. Elon Musk has hired a bunch of kids to access the systems and data and they are doing so. They also fired people who tried to do their job and protect government data according to laws passed by Congress.
I’m assuming all these citizens breaking the law could be prosecuted, but the assumption is Trump will either tell law enforcement to let his loyal people do whatever they want, or just pardon them (maybe in advance?) for any crimes? There doesn’t seem to be anyone to stop them, though their access clearly violates multiple laws and policies.
Is that how it works now? I guess the same principle applies if he has the Proud Boys sack the Capitol again? Maybe kill a few Congressmen or Senators this time to keep them in place?
I didn’t realize how fragile it all is. I thought the danger was to democracy, but that can come later if it needs to. I didn’t realize a President could be a king just by ignoring the law, and get away with it.