The One Idea That Connects Trump’s Recent Actions

President Trump’s team has embraced an expansive version of the so-called unitary executive theory, a legal ideology that says that the Constitution should be understood as prohibiting Congress from placing any limits on the president’s control of the executive branch. Our reporters explain Trump’s apparent strategy.

Video by Astead W. Herndon, James Surdam, Katia Vannoy, Gabriel Blanco, Rebecca Suner and Farah Otero-Amad

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