Overview
- President Trump told the New York Times that “my own morality, my own mind” is the only thing that can stop him and said, “I don’t need international law.”
- In a subsequent exchange with CBS, he restated that his actions are limited by his morality, claimed “a very high grade of morality,” and said constitutional checks would “go without saying” because “we’ll never get to the courts.”
- The Mirror reported that during the Times interview he took a call from Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who was described as alarmed by threats of a U.S. invasion of his country.
- Developmental psychologist Kristen Monroe argued Trump exhibits self-interested moral reasoning consistent with early stages in Kohlberg’s framework, likening his moral development to that of a toddler.
- Boston Globe letter-writers urged accountability measures, including impeachment and potential proceedings in The Hague, citing his dismissal of constitutional and international constraints.