Donald Trump has always treated power as something to be tested first and explained later.So it’s not surprising that he’d launch a war on instinct — and say he would decide whether to end it when he “feels it in his bones.”In a normal presidency, that kind of thinking would carry consequences.But Trump’s political career has been defined by the absence of them.He bulldozed through the 2016 Republican primaries by ignoring every rule about party consensus — and won. He bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing support — and was never really proven wrong.He lost the popular vote, trailed in most polls, and still captured the White House.He mishandled a once-in-a-century pandemic and lost reelection in 2020 — only to escalate things further by trying to overturn the results. A violent attack on the Capitol followed, yet Senate Republicans ultimately declined to convict him, ensuring his political viability remained intact.Then came the comeback.Despite leaving office as one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history, Trump returned to power in 2024 — something that once seemed implausible even to his allies.Along the way, he survived an assassination attempt by an inch, reinforcing the aura of political invincibility that now surrounds him.And when he pushes the boundaries of executive power, the Supreme Court has often stepped in to shield him.Democrats, meanwhile, have struggled to mount a sustained or effective counterweight.The throughline is hard to miss: Trump keeps testing limits because, time and again, the limits don’t hold.Or as he infamously put it: when you’re a star, they let you do it.