Clearly, it's not total, and as you pointed out earlier, you know, he was very -- he was very clear when he wanted to defend the seven governors who are allies of his who didn't impose stay-at-home orders, that he didn't feel it was his role to -- to tell them what to do.
Axelrod argues against Trump's claim of total authority, highlighting Trump's inconsistent stance on state orders.
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Well, the question is, what would prevent them from doing things similar to what they've done before? And I think that's the thing that the president and the Republican Party should worry about.
Everyone who's watching this should strap on their seatbelts because this is what the next four years are going to be like.
There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
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