“It’s some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump told Reuters in an interview at the beginning of the year. He claimed that his presidency had been so successful that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
Trump’s comment fell right in line with his repeated claims of unlimited, unchecked power.
March 2020: “I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about.”
August 2025: “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States of America.”
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Trump’s comment fell right in line with his repeated claims of unlimited, unchecked power.
March 2020: “I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about.”
August 2025: “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States of America.”
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