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Haberman exposes psychology behind Trump’s radical power grab to Morning Joe

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AlterNet reports that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough attributed Donald Trump’s conduct to a theory he had discussed with New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman: Trump repeatedly pushes institutional boundaries to discover how much Republicans, the press, and the courts will permit. That—not a clinical diagnosis—was the “psychology” offered behind the headline’s power grab.

Scarborough argued that Trump and Stephen Miller squandered political support by extending immigration enforcement beyond the violent offenders voters had been promised would be the priority. MSNBC’s Jonathan…

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