Think about it, my progressive friends. Does Trump strike you as a humble sort, a strict constitutionalist, a man deeply aware that he is smaller than the office to which he aspires? To remind you, when he was asked on Twitter by Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska: “Will you commit to rolling back Exec power & undoing Obama unilateral habit? These r sincere questions & I sincerely hope u answer rather than insult,” he replied, “@BenSasse looks more like a gym rat than a U.S. Senator. How the hell did he ever get elected?”

What would be the constraints on President Trump in office? What would stop him from, say, harassing critical media? This, after all, is the man who presumed to tell Fox News to get rid of Megyn Kelly because she was insufficiently deferential toward him. Imagine how much more weight he’d be able to throw about as commander in chief.

What would prevent him from deporting people he didn’t like? If President Obama could disregard Congress over immigration policy, so could President Trump. Likewise, if President Obama could harass tea-party groups through the tax system, surely President Trump could pick on organizations he didn’t care for — which, in his case, would cover pretty much anyone from the Occupy movement to the Heritage Foundation.