There is constant activity surrounding Donald Trump, but most of it has nothing to do with governing. The second Trump administration is defined by a cyclone of activity designed to destroy guardrails and norms. The destruction of the guardrails paves the way for corruption on a scale the American people have not seen during a presidency in centuries.
Traditionally, former presidents stay out of day-to-day politics. They may be campaigning for their party in an election year, but they don’t sit on the sidelines and criticize.
Trump broke this tradition by refusing to leave the spotlight and by continuously criticizing the Biden administration.
The country needs someone with credibility and stature to put these pieces together and explain that what Trump is doing is not normal and bad for the country.
During his interview with Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert asked the former president what powers he thought a president should not have.
Obama responded: “There are a few that I’ve followed, even though they weren’t law, and I want us to… we’re going to have to do some work to get back to this basic standard, and we probably need to codify it now. The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around and prosecute whoever the president wants prosecuted.”
Colbert pointed out that the DOJ falls under the executive branch, and Obama continued: “The standard is that it is independent. The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer. It is not the president’s consigliere.”
Obama went on to talk about something that isn’t discussed enough, and that is the need to repair and repair the damage Trump is doing to the Justice Department:
