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CNN’s Zakaria: Trump ‘Poses a Danger To American Democracy’
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CNN

Name: CNN

URL: http://www.cnn.com/

Show
Fareed Zakaria GPS

Name: Fareed Zakaria GPS

URL: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/category/gps-show/

Persons
Fareed Zakaria

Name: Fareed Zakaria

Employment: CNN

Position: Host, Author

Event
Event location
New York, N.Y.

Name: New York, N.Y.

URL: http://nyc.gov

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05/14/2017 06:55 pm
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0:04:29
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162
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Transcript
ZAKARIA But first here ░░░░░░░░ my take As regular ░░░░░░░░ know I have tried ░░░░░░░░ evaluate Donald Trump s ░░░░░░░░ fairly I have praised ░░░░░░░░ when he has appointed ░░░░░░░░ people to high office ░░░░░░░░ he has and expressed ░░░░░░░░ for his policies when ░░░░░░░░ seem serious and sensible ░░░░░░░░ though this has drawn ░░░░░░░░ from some quarters But ░░░░░░░░ has always been another ░░░░░░░░ to this presidency lurking ░░░░░░░░ the surface sometimes erupting ░░░░░░░░ full view as it ░░░░░░░░ this week Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ much of his rhetoric ░░░░░░░░ many of his actions ░░░░░░░░ a danger to American ░░░░░░░░ What makes the American ░░░░░░░░ of government distinctive is ░░░░░░░░ how democratic it is ░░░░░░░░ rather the opposite American ░░░░░░░░ has a series of ░░░░░░░░ intended to prevent the ░░░░░░░░ and abuse of power ░░░░░░░░ any one person or ░░░░░░░░ But there is one ░░░░░░░░ hole in the system ░░░░░░░░ president During his famous ░░░░░░░░ with David Frost in ░░░░░░░░ Richard Nixon made a ░░░░░░░░ regarding Watergate that s ░░░░░░░░ mockingly quoted ever since ░░░░░░░░ starts Nixon When the ░░░░░░░░ does it that means ░░░░░░░░ it is not illegal ░░░░░░░░ ends ZAKARIA In fact ░░░░░░░░ was a smart lawyer ░░░░░░░░ a close student of ░░░░░░░░ American constitution He was ░░░░░░░░ right The president in ░░░░░░░░ sits above the law ░░░░░░░░ Justice Department after all ░░░░░░░░ for him As Trump ░░░░░░░░ the New York Times ░░░░░░░░ separating himself from his ░░░░░░░░ empire The law is ░░░░░░░░ on my side meaning ░░░░░░░░ president can t have ░░░░░░░░ conflict of interest Most ░░░░░░░░ say Trump is right ░░░░░░░░ rules don t really ░░░░░░░░ to the president There ░░░░░░░░ just one real check ░░░░░░░░ the president impeachment and ░░░░░░░░ is political not legal ░░░░░░░░ Trump s own party ░░░░░░░░ both chambers of Congress ░░░░░░░░ has been little resistance ░░░░░░░░ him there So far ░░░░░░░░ appears that the Republican ░░░░░░░░ is losing any resemblance ░░░░░░░░ a traditional western political ░░░░░░░░ instead simply turning into ░░░░░░░░ commonly found in the ░░░░░░░░ world a platform to ░░░░░░░░ the ego appetites and ░░░░░░░░ of one man and ░░░░░░░░ family There are other ░░░░░░░░ potent checks on the ░░░░░░░░ of the president Some ░░░░░░░░ structural others simply a ░░░░░░░░ of morality or precedent ░░░░░░░░ has sought to destroy ░░░░░░░░ every one of these ░░░░░░░░ before the election and ░░░░░░░░ in the White House ░░░░░░░░ week he summarily dismissed ░░░░░░░░ director James Comey reportedly ░░░░░░░░ his investigation of Russian ░░░░░░░░ in the American election ░░░░░░░░ true the firing would ░░░░░░░░ a shattering blow The ░░░░░░░░ agencies of the executive ░░░░░░░░ are jewels of the ░░░░░░░░ American system They were ░░░░░░░░ always impartial and they ░░░░░░░░ certainly not perfect But ░░░░░░░░ recent decades they have ░░░░░░░░ a well deserved reputation ░░░░░░░░ I traveled from Eastern ░░░░░░░░ to China to Latin ░░░░░░░░ Democratic reformists tell me ░░░░░░░░ they look to these ░░░░░░░░ as models when trying ░░░░░░░░ strengthen the rule of ░░░░░░░░ in their own countries ░░░░░░░░ are only two forces ░░░░░░░░ that can place some ░░░░░░░░ on Donald Trump the ░░░░░░░░ and the media He ░░░░░░░░ relentlessly attacked both Every ░░░░░░░░ a court has ruled ░░░░░░░░ one of his executive ░░░░░░░░ the President has ridiculed ░░░░░░░░ decision or demeaned the ░░░░░░░░ involved That leaves the ░░░░░░░░ Trump has gone at ░░░░░░░░ at us like no ░░░░░░░░ before smearing news organizations ░░░░░░░░ individual journalists and threatening ░░░░░░░░ strip legal protections guaranteed ░░░░░░░░ a free press We ░░░░░░░░ survive but we must ░░░░░░░░ the stakes The media ░░░░░░░░ cover the administration s ░░░░░░░░ fairly But it also ░░░░░░░░ never let the public ░░░░░░░░ that many of the ░░░░░░░░ and actions of this ░░░░░░░░ are gross violations of ░░░░░░░░ customs and practices of ░░░░░░░░ modern American system that ░░░░░░░░ are aberrations and they ░░░░░░░░ become the new norms ░░░░░░░░ way after Trump the ░░░░░░░░ will not start the ░░░░░░░░ presidency with tattered standards ░░░░░░░░ sunken expectations Our task ░░░░░░░░ quite simply to keep ░░░░░░░░ the spirit of American ░░░░░░░░ For more go to ░░░░░░░░ com fareed and read ░░░░░░░░ Washington Post column this ░░░░░░░░
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