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FIG.II / DISPATCH 6

'I Have Article II, Where I Have the Right to Do Whatever I Want.' Dismissed as Bluster. Became Policy.

TRUMP · JUL 12, 2019 · T1

TRUMP
"Then I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president."
Said repeatedly, across multiple venues, across his first term. Op-eds ran. The press moved on within 48 hours each time, treating it as authoritarian temperament rather than announced doctrine. In term two he executed it: mass firing of inspectors general, defiance of court orders, removal of oversight. He told you. You decided he didn't mean it. He meant it.