The new populist president railed against the judiciary as they blocked his aggressive moves to restructure his country’s government and economy.
This was in Mexico, where former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador eventually pushed through changes that required every judge in his country to be elected rather than appointed…[which]caused markets to lose confidence…which led its currency to weaken.
“When in the future TRUMP history’s taught
textbooks will mention how I changed the courts
into the state where they today are,
mirrors reflecting the thoughts of the Tsar.
“My consiglieres did talk me through this.
They said no president could ever do this.
Ignore both law and Constitution.
Only one problem. That did not stop me.
“I no longer need lawyers to lie for me.
Law no longer applies to me.”