Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office 0374718415, 9780374718411
The definitive account of how Donald Trump has wielded the powers of the American presidency The extraordinary authorit
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English Year 2020
Table of contents :
Introduction: "It's modern day presidential" --
"I do solemnly swear": The oath --
"The president needs help": White House decisions --
"This president runs this government": The non-unitary executive --
"When a president speaks...it is for keeps": the official voice --
"An inexhaustible fund of political lies": the war on truth --
"The love of power, and the love of money": ethics in the White House --
"The power to protect the guilty": corrupting justice --
"A total political witch hunt!": Investigating the president --
"Without deliberation...or appreciation of facts": the conduct of foreign affairs --
"It squints towards monarchy": the kingly powers --
Conclusion: "A man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper" --
Postscript.
