Opinion | Would checks and balances stop Trump? Don’t bet on it.
By Robert Kagan
Editor at large
June 16, 2016 at 8:01 a.m. EDT
Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Post.
Will the Republican Party that made Donald Trump its prospective nominee protect us from Trump when he is president? Even as they call him a "textbook" racist and acknowledge his scant regard for the rule of law, Republican leaders assure voters that the U.S. system of checks and balances will contain their candidate's authoritarian impulses. Congress and the judicial system will keep Trump under control.
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