Without Guardrails
Trump emerged from the Muller Investigation battered but politically victorious. He was also more isolated than ever. As he entered the last half of his term, many of the aides who had pushed back against presidential acts they viewed as inappropriate or legally perilous during the investigation were gone. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, senior strategist Stephen K. Bannon, McGahn and Sessions had all resigned or been fired. The question loomed: With those guardrails gone, how would Trump behave?