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His despotic dismissals of the rule of law, in ways both large and small, are creating what many in the GOP have long fantasized: An imperial presidency.

Sometimes, the officers blatantly fantasized about the deaths of Black men, women and even kids.

Instead, he fantasizes about resettling in the Ukraine and forging a life that might command the respect he craves from his parents.

I ate it voraciously and have since fantasized over how I might replicate it at home, especially during the summertime — but I've yet to come close.

Obviously that was a childish delusion, but Trump has clung to it through thick and thin, even fantasizing that they had a special bond.