Trump talked at length about his moral superiority over international law.
On January 8 local time, Trump told The New York Times that his authority as commander-in-chief was only constrained by his own moral standards, not international law.
He emphasized: "Yes, there are things, that's my own sense of morality. My mind is the only force that can stop me. I don't need international law. I don't want to hurt others."
Frankly speaking, if we follow his logic, the whole world has to pray that he is in a good mood and his moral sense is on track every day. The problem is, can a person's conscience really restrain an army?
When a person has absolute power, and his "moral bottom line" is very low, the so-called "personal conscience" is just a thin layer of window paper that can be pierced at any moment. Today it's Venezuela, tomorrow it could be Greenland, and the day after that, who knows which "unlucky person"!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1853794254601228/
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