Number two wearing a wire to tape the president justice department. justice department, i m sorry. but it is it is amazing. i think it s worth noting he did not wear a wire, so that suggests, perhaps, it was said in frustration, in hyperbole. but the general idea, especially in may of last year when the firing of james comey was like a thunderbolt. i mean, this was something that has never been done in american history since, you know, the laws changed to have a controversial firing of an fbi director who has a ten-year term precisely to insulate himself from political pressure, it was a shock. so the fact that rosenstein thought extreme measures might be justified seems reasonable to me. kirsten, senator santorum said this might prod the president to act irrationally.
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They re going to come back and revisit it and see if there is some sort of way to have another check on the president. the legislation is to let congress have a vote, but as you pointed out, and nick, we ve both seen that tim kaine and others have not been able to get congress to act on a war authorization in afghanistan after all these years. so how could you have under a scenario where america is at risk a role for congress or anyone else to entintermediate h the president. nick? they re worried about north korea primarily, and they re worried about an escalating war of words, a president who decides to act irrationally. usually there is an ambiguity about what lines need to be crossed to take that step. the president going in one
Relying on things said on the campaign trail and not actually what s in the in the writing of the statute, and i think that can get dangerous. if you think that trump is an irrational actor and a guy that does not observe important norms, do not violate those norms and act irrationally as well in order to be a check on him. i think that is a real dangerous line that a lot of institutions, a lot of people are walking in an attempt to sort of cut him off at the knees and it s not good. i just want to add that at that rally, one of the things he was supposed to be talking about at length was health care and selling it, and he was not selling health care. he wanted to react to this ruling, and you can t blame him for wanting to react to it but he went on and on and on instead of doing what he needs to do which is selling this health care bill to the american people. the president is not going to back down now. this is a test of his powers in some way. a really good point. . i would