Donald Trump on Saturday made a statement that stunned onlookers.
Trump posted the following comment on his social media:
"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law."
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The reaction from political experts and observers was swift.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes invoked an apocryphal saying attributed to Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, saying, "L'état, c'est moi”." A translation suggests the phrase means, "I am the state."
Jamelle Bouie, an American columnist for The New York Times, said it was "the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president."
Writer and actor Bill Corbett said, "Trump making an excellent argument for his own assassination."
"Good one, dummy," Corbett added.
Bill Kristol, a conservative anti-Trump voice, said, "We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here."
Tech reporter Matt Novak chimed in, "Dude is quoting Napoleon now."
"When do we get to the exile portion of the Napoleon timeline?" he asked Saturday.
Leah McElrath, a writer and political commentator, asked, "Has Trump ever paraphrased Napoleon before or is this a Musk thing?"