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The enemies list: Trump takes a page from Nixon's playbook

Ken Hughes, a researcher with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, as well as the author of two books on Nixon, said there were three groups Nixon fixated on in particular: Jews, Ivy Leaguers and intellectuals. "He believes that members of all those groups are arrogant, and that they put themselves above the law."
Ken Hughes
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Trump signed more than 145 executive orders in first 100 days of second term

"All of this unilateral action, particularly through executive orders, is if not a violation of the separation of powers and checks and balances, the basic foundations of our Constitution, it is certainly, I'll use the term, or the phrase, ‘thumbing the nose’ at the Constitution and the separation of powers and checks and balances," says Barbara Perry.
Barbara Perry
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More Consequential Than FDR's First 100 Days

Trump's most recent first hundred days have been even more consequential than FDR's. The 47th president experienced a trial run as the 45th. He and his followers had four years, multiple advocacy groups, unprecedented money, and Elon Musk to plan and launch their assault on the Constitution, government agencies and programs, foreign alliances, and the American economy.
Barbara Perry
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Trump's 100 Days

UVA’s Barbara Perry compares President Trump’s first 100 days in office with his previous term and those of presidents past.
Barbara Perry