Read the whole thread, but this is the key: Trump doesn't know how to get exec branch personnel to do what he wants. He's bad at what Neustadt called "persuasion." And it builds on itself - he's easily rolled, which creates the reputation that he's easily rolled. More...
Truman was wrong about Ike; Ike knew better than to just say "Do this! Do that!" and expect anything to happen, because he knew very well how political and bureaucratic authority worked. Trump is the one who really thinks that it works by saying "Do this! Do that!" It doesn't.
So for one thing: Like Nixon when he failed at persuasion, Trump tries to get around it by, in effect, cheating against the system (and therefore against the law and the constitution). Which is very dangerous to the system, and also dangerous to Trump.
And for another: It suggests that when things *do* happen, it may be not so much a Trump thing as, say, a Barr thing (or a DeVos thing or whatever). Because just as he can't get them to do what he wants, he can't stop them from what they want. Getting rolled works both ways.
In summary: Sure, Trump is lawless and that's a huge problem, but also Trump is really bad at presidenting, and bad presidents are dangerous in many different ways, some of which are not immediately obvious.
Also be sure to read everything @ProfSaunders says. /end
Also be sure to read everything @ProfSaunders says. /end
