Trump’s view of a unilaterally powerful president goes unchallenged
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🗓️ 13 February 2020
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| 0:00.0 | It was just last week that President Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment |
| 0:05.6 | trial. |
| 0:06.6 | And yet, in that short time, we've seen a lot of action out of the White House. |
| 0:10.7 | Several officials who testified against Trump in the House inquiry have been reassigned |
| 0:14.7 | or fired. |
| 0:15.7 | And so, we sent him on his way to a much different location, and the military can handle |
| 0:21.4 | him any way they want. |
| 0:23.0 | The Justice Department changed its sentencing recommendation for Trump's longtime friend |
| 0:27.8 | Roger Stone. |
| 0:29.2 | After Trump complained publicly that it was unfair. |
| 0:32.5 | Trump even went on to attack the judge involved in the case, and the prosecutors who resigned |
| 0:36.8 | in protest of Trump's perceived intervention. |
| 0:39.5 | Since his acquittal, Trump also publicly criticized Senator Mitt Romney for voting to convict |
| 0:50.8 | him on abusive power, sending talking points critical of the Utah Senator directly from |
| 0:55.6 | the White House. |
| 0:57.6 | And then you have some that used religion as a crutch. |
| 1:02.4 | They never used it before. |
| 1:04.4 | An article written today never heard him use it before. |
| 1:08.1 | But today, you know, it's one of those things, but, you know, it's a failed presidential candidate, |
| 1:13.8 | so things can happen when you fail so badly running for president. |
| 1:18.3 | The president has even proposed new border wall funding, despite pushback from GOP members |
| 1:23.0 | of Congress for using emergency powers to move money toward his wall in the past. |
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