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The president is now acting with the “monarchical prerogatives” he believed was needed — and Cheney was appalled by what he is doing with them.

This action is unprecedented, and it would effectively grant the president absolute monarchical power.

"Irrespective of the nature of the regime in Kabul - monarchical, communist, or Islamist - there has been a natural warmth between Delhi and Kabul," The Indian Express newspaper noted.

As more than one commentator has pointed out, France – with its monarchical instincts and top-down conception of power – has never developed a culture of compromise.

And should Trump return to the Oval Office, there would be little to stop him “from assuming” what Stern labels “dangerous and monarchical powers.”