I have the right to do anything I want to do.

I'm the president of the United States.

Those are the words Donald Trump uttered today in what was his longest public event ever as president.

I have the right to do anything I want to do.

I'm the president of the United States.

Boasting about unchecked power, joking about declaring himself king,

weakening checks and balances, stoking fear about crime

to justify deploying what is approaching martial law in democratic-led cities, eroding trust

in federal data and institutions. None of they should come as any surprise to anyone who's been

paying attention for the last 10 years, or for the last 90 years, really, because this is all straight out of

the authoritarian playbook. And despite what the president might think, Americans don't actually

want a dictator. He jokes about it all the time. Here's the Republican Congressman Josh Breachan

of Oklahoma, facing his constituents in a town hall meeting last night.

Constitutionally, we have the authority to be over Washington, D.C., what happened in L.A. to the president, he's the chief law enforcement officer.

Yes, he is, by the Constitution.

He's the chief law enforcement officer to execute.

So he is the executive, highest executive authority. The role of the executive is to make sure the laws are executed.

So as also he has given the opportunity in the Constitution.

He is also given the opportunity of the Constitution. Y'all, this is lawlessness.

This is what lawlessness looks like. So this is what lawlessness looks like. People attending a

talent hall meeting criticizing their member of Congress, that's what lawlessness looks like. No,

it's not. This is a country that was founded on dissent. Journalists and historian, the journalist and historian Garrett Graff

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