Here are Trump's Notions of What is Illegal & Not Allowed

Let's take a moment to consider President Trump's notion of what is illegal and not allowed.

First, there were his remarks today at the DoJ concerning the media:

I believe that CNN and MS-DNC, who literally write 97.6 percent bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party and in my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what do they do is illegal....And it has to stop, it has to be illegal, it’s influencing judges and it’s really changing law, and it just cannot be legal. I don’t believe it’s legal, and they do it in total coordination with each other.

Then there were his remarks on Truth Social hours before he stood alongside Elon Musk when the White House lawn briefly became a Tesla dealership:

To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon Musk is “putting it on the line” in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s “baby,” in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for.

It is also worth remembering his reaction to the decision of Ontario's Conservative Premier Doug Ford placing a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Trump said, "(Y)ou shouldn’t be playing with electricity. It affects people’s lives." Mind you, Trump also said of Canada, "We don't need anything they have."

Trump's notion of what is illegal and not allowed is peculiar, yet predictable.

On his first day back in the White House, Trump proclaimed he would "restore freedom of speech" and end "federal censorship." However, it would seem freedom of speech and the end of censorship does not apply to those in the fourth estate who see fit to criticize him and his policies.

Over the years, Trump has been perfectly happy to call for boycotts against Starbucks for discontinuing Christmas-themed cups, against Goodyear for banning MAGA attire, and against the NFL for not disciplining players who refuse to stand for the national anthem. I could go on and on. But when boycotts are organized against his right-hand man, they are suddenly unlawful.

Trump bragged in his address to Congress earlier this month that tariffs "are about protecting the soul of the country" but when someone does the same to us, he tells those leaders not to play games with people's lives as if his tariffs not to mention his chainsaw approach to the federal government aren't affecting people's lives.

Simply put, President Trump believes he can do whatever he wants and has legal immunity to do so. But if anyone says or does something which he thinks is harmful to him or those who carry out his agenda, then and only then it is illegal and not allowed.

How else does one explain the FBI pursuing criminal charges against Habitat for Humanity and other non-profit organizations which received EPA grants to combat climate change? Not only does Trump think climate change is a hoax, but that any organization which received money to combat what he thinks is a hoax should be treated as criminals.

It is the sort of behavior one might expect from someone who was convicted 34 times by a jury of his peers. But when that person holds the most powerful office in the world then it is a problem for law abiding citizens and legal residents who do not believe President Trump is above criticism, much less above the law.