Susan Glasser

passionately subscribed to Donald Trump's essentially rejectionist view. Somebody said to me, you know, Donald Trump wants to repeal the 20th century. Well, a lot of it came with all these rules and norms and laws.

passionately subscribed to Donald Trump's essentially rejectionist view. Somebody said to me, you know, Donald Trump wants to repeal the 20th century. Well, a lot of it came with all these rules and norms and laws.

You know, certainly in the Middle East, he is in his preferred aesthetic. There is enough gold everywhere to satisfy him. But I think you're right. You know, he essentially does not subscribe to the basic principles in our constitution. And in fact, He was directly asked about this in a television interview a couple of weeks ago and meet the press, Kirsten Welker.

You know, certainly in the Middle East, he is in his preferred aesthetic. There is enough gold everywhere to satisfy him. But I think you're right. You know, he essentially does not subscribe to the basic principles in our constitution. And in fact, He was directly asked about this in a television interview a couple of weeks ago and meet the press, Kirsten Welker.

And she said, aren't you supposed to uphold the Constitution? He paused and he literally said, I don't know.

And she said, aren't you supposed to uphold the Constitution? He paused and he literally said, I don't know.

I think you're right that, again, this was a key shift from Trump's first term to Trump's second term is understanding, especially in the key positions like attorney general, like White House counsel, you want to have lawyers who are going to give you what you want. And so he's taken the extraordinary step. of appointing multiple of his personal lawyers, by the way. So it's not just Pam Bondi.

I think you're right that, again, this was a key shift from Trump's first term to Trump's second term is understanding, especially in the key positions like attorney general, like White House counsel, you want to have lawyers who are going to give you what you want. And so he's taken the extraordinary step. of appointing multiple of his personal lawyers, by the way. So it's not just Pam Bondi.

Todd Blanch, who's the Deputy Attorney General, now also acting Librarian of Congress because they fired the Librarian of Congress.

Todd Blanch, who's the Deputy Attorney General, now also acting Librarian of Congress because they fired the Librarian of Congress.

No, that is not what's happening at the Library of Congress. What are you talking about? It's the personalization of power, which is so fundamentally at odds with and incompatible with a system of constitutional checks and balances. That's what Trump doesn't subscribe to. This goes all the way back to his first term, by the way. He said, you know, I have the power to do anything I want.

No, that is not what's happening at the Library of Congress. What are you talking about? It's the personalization of power, which is so fundamentally at odds with and incompatible with a system of constitutional checks and balances. That's what Trump doesn't subscribe to. This goes all the way back to his first term, by the way. He said, you know, I have the power to do anything I want.

I'm the only one that matters in our system. You know, he's long... I alone can fix it. Exactly. He's long betrayed sort of a complete... not just ignorance for the Constitution, but a sort of rejection of its basic principles. So he goes to the Middle East. He's surrounded by emirs and kings. He's greeted with monarchical reverence. Loves it. This is what he wants to be. This is who he is.

I'm the only one that matters in our system. You know, he's long... I alone can fix it. Exactly. He's long betrayed sort of a complete... not just ignorance for the Constitution, but a sort of rejection of its basic principles. So he goes to the Middle East. He's surrounded by emirs and kings. He's greeted with monarchical reverence. Loves it. This is what he wants to be. This is who he is.

It's not an accident that since he stepped on the world stage, it's our allies, our democratic allies he's consistently attacked, and it's our adversaries that he's praised. And just a point, it's not about lecturing, by the way. Human rights is not some abstract construct.

It's not an accident that since he stepped on the world stage, it's our allies, our democratic allies he's consistently attacked, and it's our adversaries that he's praised. And just a point, it's not about lecturing, by the way. Human rights is not some abstract construct.

Saudi Arabia, it's not just that they took a bone saw to a critic of theirs, Jamal Khashoggi, who was a columnist for the Washington Post. This is one of the most unfree societies on the planet. This is a place where women don't have basic rights. uh, granted to, uh, others in the West centuries ago. Uh, China, it's not just that Donald Trump wants to treat as an equal with Xi Jinping.

Saudi Arabia, it's not just that they took a bone saw to a critic of theirs, Jamal Khashoggi, who was a columnist for the Washington Post. This is one of the most unfree societies on the planet. This is a place where women don't have basic rights. uh, granted to, uh, others in the West centuries ago. Uh, China, it's not just that Donald Trump wants to treat as an equal with Xi Jinping.

It's that he's been perfectly fine. At times in his first term, he seemed to even, you know, wave away or to justify China's human rights crackdown on the Uyghurs putting a million people in camps, not a big deal to Donald Trump.

It's that he's been perfectly fine. At times in his first term, he seemed to even, you know, wave away or to justify China's human rights crackdown on the Uyghurs putting a million people in camps, not a big deal to Donald Trump.