'Saying the quiet part out loud': Trump says what other presidents only thought, or never would think
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump castigated his attorney general this week for the recent indictments of two Republican congressmen, complaining in a tweet that the actions may further imperil his party's chances in the November election. In so doing, the president openly put partisan concerns above the nation's laws he is sworn to enforce.
This latest evidence of the president's remarkable disregard for the rule of law, episodes that may be used against him in an obstruction of justice case or impeachment proceedings, has been called "Nixonian" by critics. Yet unlike President Nixon's private but recorded rants that ultimately helped get him impeached, Trump's words are said out loud, or blasted to his 54.2 million Twitter followers, brazenly intended for public consumption.
"Nixon actually respected the office of the presidency,"
