The President's Day holiday marks nearly one month into President Donald Trump's second term,

during which expanding executive power has emerged as a top priority of his.

For that and the other political headlines, we turn now to our Politics Monday duo.

That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

It's great to see you both.

So Amy, President Trump's tweet over the weekend, he who saves his country does not violate any law. This wasn't some one-off statement by President Trump. It was emphasized by the White

House's Twitter account, X account, making clear that this is now the official position of the

administration. Words that run counter to the way our system works, words that run counter to what our founders

intended.

What questions does this raise for you?

Well, it definitely raises questions on what guardrails are going to be standing when

the president actually does something that is not okay, that is actually illegal.

And now we know much of the pushback

is coming in the form of lawsuits. We have a ways to go before those make themselves clear,

obviously one going to the Supreme Court more quickly. But I think at the end of the day,

that looks like the most significant guardrail. The question about

whether members of his own party are going to step up, clearly that hasn't happened yet. And I think

the story that you ran before this with the farmers, it really, the pipeline from individuals to

their members of Congress is more important right now than ever,

that it has to come from members, not that they're getting pressure just from the White

House, but that they're getting pressure from people at home who say, these things are actually

impacting us. This is having an impact on our communities.

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