VIDEO: Defending the “Defender in Chief.” John Yoo on Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power

Given the controversy over the election fraud surrounding the presidential election it is perhaps time to look back at what President Trump is really trying to do since his election. Professor John Yoo explains in his book Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power stated,

[T]he Founders would have seen Trump as returning to their vision of presidential power, even at his most controversial and outrageous.

On July 29, 2020 The Hoover Institution published the following commentary and video.

On the occasion of his new book, Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, Hoover visiting fellow and Berkeley Law School professor John Yoo joins the show to make a spirited case against the criticisms of Donald Trump for his supposed disruption of constitutional rules and norms. The conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump is a threat to the rule of law and the US Constitution. Mainstream media outlets have reported fresh examples of alleged executive overreach or authoritarian White House decisions nearly every day of his presidency. In the 2020 primaries, the candidates have rushed to accuse Trump of destroying our democracy and jeopardizing our nation’s very existence. In his book and on this show, John Yoo argues the opposite: that the Founders would have seen Trump as returning to their vision of presidential power, even at his most controversial and outrageous. It’s a fascinating and often humorous discussion that could not be more timely.

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