For those of you who were concerned about Donald Trump's revelation back in March that he counts himself and his "very good brain" as No. 1 among his top foreign policy advisers, fret not: His very good brain is ready to handle the entire presidency unilaterally.
Speaking during a rally in Atlanta, Trump fretted that he might "be forced to" handle the presidency all alone, due to the weakness and incompetence of the Republican elected leadership:
So much for the whole "stop executive overreach" thing.
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