Jon Meacham on Trump’s Iran War: ‘The President May Think He’s a King’

MEACHAM: “I think the the former president’s right. We’re norms are important not because people who look boring like me say norms are important, right? Norms are about the parts of the Constitution, the parts of how we are with each other, which is, by the way, another word for morality. How we are with each other. You can’t write a law for every scenario. And so there are certain expectations. There are certain codes that have helped govern the United States for 250 years, sometimes more so, sometimes less so. But one of them is that if you’re going to project immense amounts of force at a vital nation in the middle of a tumultuous region, you might tell us what you’re up to, and you might ask whether we’re with you, because the president may think he’s a king, but in”

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Jon Meacham on Trump’s Iran War: ‘The President May Think He’s a King’‘You can’t write a law for every scenario‘News & Politics,InternationalRUSH EXCERPT:MEACHAM: “I think the the former president’s right. We’re norms are important not because people who look boring like me say norms are important, right? Norms are about the parts of the Constitution, the parts of how we are with each other, which is, by the way, another word for morality. How we are with each other. You can’t write a law for every scenario. And so there are certain expectations. There are certain codes that have helped govern the United States for 250 years, sometimes more so, sometimes less so. But one of them is that if you’re going to project immense amounts of force at a vital nation in the middle of a tumultuous region, you might tell us what you’re up to, and you might ask whether we’re with you, because the president may think he’s a king, but in”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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