Charlie Savage

Because, I mean, this is a time in which Trump has been

expanding his powers in all kinds of ways.

And one of those big categories is his use of the military, not just what we're talking about here in international waters.

He has sent troops under federal control into the streets of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and by all indications, intends to do more of that.

And just this week claimed that he was designating the Antifa movement as a domestic terrorist organization, even though there is no law that allows the designation of domestic groups as terrorist organizations for First Amendment reasons.

And even though Antifa is not really an organization, it's just a...

an idea or a stance or a protest style.

And so all kinds of lines that seem like they exist, you know, use troops inside the United States for police functions, you can't designate a domestic movement as a terrorist organization, are getting crossed.

And so what's the next line?

Well, I think the very idea of what's permissible...

and normal, to use your word, right now is all open to question.

This is an administration that is unlike any we've seen before, including the Trump one administration.

It is demonstrably feeling radically unconstrained by limitations that previous presidents and aides felt some need to adhere to.

And so we are eight months into a situation in which where all this is going remains very much open to question.

Thank you.