Trump's lame duck antics get more and more dangerous

 

With his days in power numbered, Donald Trump is desperately trying to salvage his legacy with the dregs of power he has left. That means this could be the most dangerous time of Trump’s entire presidency, as The Atlantic’s Peter Nicholas warns.   “As he confronts an uncertain future, he could stretch or smash the boundaries of presidential power in ways no one else has tried,” Nicholas says. “He could damage the basic notion that presidents are accountable for their actions and answerable to the law.”   We already know that some of Trump’s political appointees are attempting to sabotage the transition. But Trump himself could go even farther, Nicholas says, destroying critical White House records on domestic and foreign policy in order to hide them from investigators or, worse, make it impossible for the Biden team to understand what’s even going on with our adversaries around the world. We already know that CDC officials directed staff to destroy correspondence that portrayed the administration in a poor light.   Of course, if Trump is feeling especially burned right now (and we know how reliably fragile his ego is), he could do anything at this point. And that might mean divulging critical state secrets or jeopardizing our personnel abroad or operations here at home. He could do those things as president -- but we can’t imagine the consequences if he did. Just a few more weeks remain of being on high-alert. But until that day comes, we need to be ready for absolutely anything. And we can’t thank you enough for joining us in keeping our country together right now.   Your support in this moment means everything.   Progressive Majority Progressive Majority PAC 410 1st St, SE Suite 310 Washington, DC 20003   Paid for by Progressive Majority PAC