This blog said some time ago - although I can't find the link - that we'll know Trump is fully in power when he dismantles the White House Press Corps. This week, a federal judge has again declared that Trump is not allowed to suspend press passes even for disruptive or unruly behavior. Apparently it is the constitutional right of corporate media reporters to act however they want at official events. They have the right to threaten Trump's people with violence, if they want.
This all goes to show how little real power the president actually has. He can't defend his people from three years of heavy-handed shakedown by the Mueller special council, nor can he remove belligerent reporters from the White House. If Trump was a fraction of the tyrant he is made out to be, a number of the most bellicose media heads would already be sleeping at the bottom of the Potomac.
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