Supreme Court's rebuke of Trump's 'absolute' claim - The Washington Post

As president, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the absolute authority to do — or not do — pretty much anything he wants. He claimed “total” and “ultimate” authority over dealing with the novel coronavirus. He has claimed to have the "absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.” He claimed “the absolute right to PARDON myself.” He even said Article II of the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want as president.” And his legal team has repeatedly argued for an extremely broad and in some cases absolute vision of presidential powers. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against one such Trump claim in a key arena — unanimously and rather bitingly so.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/09/supreme-courts-unanimous-biting-rebuke-one-trumps-many-absolute-claims/

President Trump Believes He Has Absolute Rights - The Atlantic

This is a profound misunderstanding of the American constitutional system.....
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/president-trump-absolute-rights/607168/

President Trump, or King Donald I?

The Declaration of Independence is known mostly for its opening sentences, in which author Thomas Jefferson draws on enlightenment thinkers to proclaim a universal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But the bulk of the document is actually a scathing, 27-count list of the wrongs that British King George III had committed against the people of the American colonies....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/05/president-trump-king-donald-editorials-debates/670801002/

Word salads, contradictions and hints of authoritarian delusion - The Washington Post: Opinion

Trump's absolutely wrong claim to absolute power. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/03/word-salads-contradictions-and-hints-of-authoritarian-delusion/