He doesn't play by the rules. When he has power he decides based on what he decides is fair or unfair based on loyalty. His actions are bizarre and unexpected. It is why he is annoyed and surprised at the decisions of the Supreme Court. The court applies the rule of law. We just witnessed that. Trump decides within his own ideology based in what benefits him. He is the judge and jury and there are no rules.
It is why there is a Deep State. Because only he is playing by the rules that matter and that doesn't include statutory law.
I hope the pollsters have modified their methods since 2016. Trump voters ARE NOT LIKELY VOTERS. They are casual voters motivated by hate. His turnout is unknown.
July 10, 2020
By Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Sharon LaFraniere
President Trump (click here) commuted the sentence of his longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. on seven felony crimes on Friday, using the power of his office to spare a former campaign adviser days before Mr. Stone was to report to a federal prison to serve a 40-month term.
In a lengthy written statement punctuated by the sort of inflammatory language and angry grievances characteristic of the president’s Twitter feed, the White House denounced the “overzealous prosecutors” who convicted Mr. Stone on “process-based charges” stemming from the “witch hunts” and “Russia hoax” investigation....
