Stephen Collinson: “Donald Trump is talking and acting like an authoritarian as he escalates a constitutional clash with California over his migration crackdown.”
“Much now depends on whether he’s simply talking tough or if he’s ready to take an already-tense nation across a fateful line in his zeal for strongman rule.
”“In a mind-boggling moment, on Monday, the president of the United States — the country seen as the world’s top steward of democracy for 80 years — endorsed the arrest of the Democratic governor of the nation’s most populous state.”