Donald J. Trump had this annoying habit during his time as president of referring to the Cabinet, the official White House staff, even the Joint Chiefs of Staff as his own.
Recall how he would refer to “my attorney general,” or “my generals” or “my presidency.”
Now comes word that the former POTUS has referred to the classified documents he took from the White House as “my documents.” How they “belong to me.”
Uhh, no, Donald. They belong to me and all other Americans. The president with no knowledge of the Constitutional or the limits it places on the presidency has seized those documents and claimed them for his own use. That’s what the evidence so far has been revealing.
To be fair, Trump isn’t the only POTUS to take such ownership of public figures, public documents and public offices. I have lost count of the number of presidents refer to “my presidency,” or “my vice president” or “my national security team.” I seek while writing on this blog to avoid ascribing ownership of the presidency to the individual who occupies the office.
That said, Trump’s claim of ownership of top-secret and other classified papers sends chills up my back.
Listen up, Attorney General Merrick Garland: The man has to pay for such hubris.
