“\”He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,\” Trump proclaimed on his Truth Social network. The phrase, attributed to the French military leader, drew immediate criticism from Democrats. Trump, who took office on January 20, has made broad assertions of executive power that appear headed toward US Supreme Court showdowns. Some lawsuits accuse Trump of usurping the authority of Congress as set out in the US Constitution. \”Spoken like a true dictator,\” Senator Adam Schiff of California, a longtime adversary of Trump, wrote on X. \”This is a trial balloon and a provocation,\” Washington lawyer Norm Eisen said of Trump’s message. \”Many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason, and that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness,\” he said after his election victory. \”Make America Great Again\” is Trump’s longtime slogan, and he has attributed his survival of an assassination attempt in July to God’s will, he said in a speech last month.”
