He sounds so much like Nixon, sure if you look at the context the stuff that Nixon said sounds OK but's not the problem. It's the line of thought that if he, as the president, does something that by definition it's the right thing to do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nixon_Interviews
Context is usually king (which is no defense of Trump btw just Nixon) but given what we know about Nixon he though himself as above the law because he as president is the law.In part 3, Frost asked Nixon about the legality of the president's actions. In the context of American national security, Nixon replied: "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."[13]