Ian Bremmer: Even Though Trump ‘Has Authoritarian Impulses, He’s Governing in a Democratic State’

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BREMMER: “We do need to recognize that even though President Trump has authoritarian impulses, he’s governing in a democratic state. And he was enormously constrained domestically even when the Republicans ran the table in Congress. Now that the Democrats actually control the House, divided government is not meant to empower a president. It is meant to stop things from happening. So as a consequence, if you want to see where Trump really matters, it is on the international stage where the stroke of a pen really does lead to military action or pulling out of international agreements. Domestically, what he can do is he can posture. He can posture significantly on a bunch of issues that matter politically to his base. Immigration has clearly been one of the most significant examples of that."