Unmaking the presidency: Donald Trump's war on the world's most powerful office

Introduction: "It's modern day presidential"

"I do solemnly swear": The oath

"The president needs help": White House decisions

"This president runs this government": The non-unitary executive

"When a president speaks...it is for keeps": the official voice

"An inexhaustible fund of political lies": the war on truth

"The love of power, and the love of money": ethics in the White House

"The power to protect the guilty": corrupting justice

"A total political witch hunt!": Investigating the president

"Without deliberation...or appreciation of facts": the conduct of foreign affairs

"It squints towards monarchy": the kingly powers

Conclusion: "A man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper"

Postscript.