Donald Trump's second term as president is built on a simple tactic that has provided him with a devious advantage – expect and demand that major American institutions follow established norms and standards, even as he refuses to follow any rules himself.

ABC News offers us the latest example, which figures, since ABC News refuses to learn this lesson.

The network on June 8 suspended Terry Moran, a senior national correspondent, and then cut ties with him two days later, in reaction to a sharply worded but knowingly nuanced analysis he posted on social media about Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy and the architect of an immigration policy deeply rooted in the enjoyment of suffering and strife.

The Trump administration was quick to play the victim, a response as predictable as the sunrise.

Vice President JD Vance, whom you may recall from his maliciously bogus claims about immigrants eating dogs and cats in Ohio during the 2024........

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