Pretty much. Our separation of powers structured government is what keeps this from actually turning into a fascistic authoritarian state. As soon as people in all of the branches become loyal to Trump and not to the country itself or the constitution, then we are fucked. Presidents appoint people to them in the executive branch, but those people must be loyal to the constitution and our system of laws before they are loyal to a person. Once the executive, judicial, and legislative branches are all loyal to a man and not our system of laws, goodbye freedom.
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"You found evidence of crime while doing opposition research? And that opposition research was done with partisan intent? ILLEGAL, UNLAWFUL, CORRUPT, HEINOUS!"
And now 72% of Republicans think that the FBI/DOJ can't be trusted.
I really really really really really hope I'm not the only person who not only pointed out Trump's authoritarian moves up til now, but that he keeps doing them, and undermining our system of laws by making the public have no faith in the justice system, in addition to consolidating power under one man, are plays out of EVERY SINGLE ASSHOLE DICTATOR'S PLAYBOOK.