Barack Obama’s White House portrait may be the latest casualty of President Trump’s norm-breaking habit
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images One of the most concerning structural elements of the Trump administration has been the realization that a good chunk of the limitations on executive power are just unofficial norms that can be cast aside by a president in pursuit of unchecked power.
One of the most serious examples playing out in the shadow of the pandemic is Trump’s dismissal of inspectors general across the Executive branch, including the State Department IG, axed on Friday, who was reportedly investigating if Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was making a staffer run personal errands and walk his dog.
According to NBC News, President Obama is not interested in the ceremony while Trump is in office either — despite extending the courtesy to President Bush — meaning that the tradition established by Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter could be on hold until 2025.
“You’ve got a president who’s talking about putting the previous one in legal jeopardy, to put it nicely. We have not seen a situation like that in history,” presidential historian Michael Beschloss told NBC News. “It takes antipathy of a new president for a predecessor to a new level.”
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