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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: Trump Is Running the Most Dangerous Experiment in American Power — and Winning

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

He keeps asking the same question — “What happens if I do this?” — and the answer from those who should be defending democracy is always: nothing…

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1:00.4

Trump is running the most dangerous experiment in American power and winning. Donald Trump isn't just breaking norms.

1:08.6

He's running a live experiment on the limits of American power. Each move is a test. How far can a president go? What laws can be ignored? And most importantly, will anyone actually stop him?

1:21.3

It took the King of England to remind Congress that their job is to restrain a president, not cheer him on no matter what.

1:33.1

Charles III said, quote, the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carter is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation

1:40.0

of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.

1:46.4

End of quote. King Charles is essentially begging Congress to restrain Donald Trump's

1:51.3

imperial overreach, the most glaring example of which is his starting a war with Iran without

1:56.8

congressional approval and in violation of both the U.S. Constitution, the 1973 War Powers Act,

2:02.2

and the Geneva Convention. It's a lesson America first laws touch with when President Harry Truman

2:07.5

got us into the Korean War without congressional authorization. It was amplified by LBJ and Nixon

2:13.2

in Vietnam and Reagan and Grenada, and has since led through a series of modern presidential

2:18.3

actions straight to Trump joining Netanyahu to bomb Iran without provocation or legal basis.

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