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    Commentary: Our institutions are strong enough to restrain Trump, but they're also strong enough to empower him

    by Jesse Walker, Los Angeles Times Feb 08, 2018 3 minutes

    Donald Trump is a Rorschach blot on the office of the presidency. Some people look at him and see a dangerous authoritarian. Some see a leader too weak to be authoritarian. Some see a weak leader who nonetheless has an authoritarian heart. And that's just the people who don't like the guy.

    Still, pretty much everyone who isn't paid to pretend otherwise agrees that he's been hemmed in by Washington's permanent institutions. Trump has signed just one major piece of legislation,

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