Trump’s Tumultuous Year Pushing the Limits of Presidential Power

If you had to name a single thing Donald Trump has said that captures his tumultuous first year back in the White House, it might be this:

“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.”

Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago under the pretext of fighting crime. It’s a view of the presidency that he’s repeatedly brandished since returning to office, to justify his moves to seize authority from Congress, federal agencies and the courts. He invoked it to ...