"He has two unerring goals. The first is to recreate the imperial presidency that was buried in the mid-1970s after Richard Nixon’s resignation. Post-Watergate Washington passed a flurry of reforms that tied the hands of the executive branch, notably the CIA, the Department of Justice and the FBI. Trump is dissolving those restraints. The second is to make money for himself and his family."

— Edward Luce: Trump’s imperial emporium