Donald Trump is fully acting like America’s first elected autocrat and aspiring dictator. In his mind and that of his followers and allies, he is the State. The law is what Trump deems it to be on any given day. The president's whims, desires, beliefs, moods and plans are to be followed without question. The United States of America is to be The United States of America under Trump.
In the most recent example of Trump's tyrannical aspirations, he proclaimed that "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." In the context of a years-long pattern of similar statements, Trump truly believes that he is some type of American Caesar or Napoleon above the law. Trump's statement is a direct rejection of the basic norms of democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law in the United States.
