Senator 'rings the alarm' as Trump follows 10 playbook rules for total control

Senator 'rings the alarm' as Trump follows 10 playbook rules for total control

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) tells the New Republic that “we have all three key ingredients of a strongman state: a rubber-stamp Congress acceding to the president’s desires; a Supreme Court enhancing the president’s powers; and a power-hungry president … disregarding the laws and the checks and balances of our Constitution.”In this environment, President Donald Trump is using 10 rules out of the “authoritarian playbook” to collapse U.S. demo…