Pourquoi est-ce que Trump pense qu'il peut agir comme un roi ?
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Pourquoi est-ce que Trump pense qu'il peut agir comme un roi ?

Why does Trump think that he can act like a king?

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The New York TimesSeptember 26, 2026View Source

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Donald Trump pense souvent qu'il a un pouvoir absolu.

Donald Trump often thinks that he has absolute power.

pense→thinkssouvent→oftenqu→thata→haspouvoir→powerabsolu→absolute
Un article récent dans le New York Times discute de ses actions.

A recent article in the New York Times discusses his actions.

récent→recentdans→indiscute→discussesde→ofses→his
L'auteur demande pourquoi il agit comme un roi.

The author asks why he acts like a king.

auteur→authordemande→askspourquoi→whyagit→actscomme→likeroi→king
Le président utilise parfois les tribunaux pour changer les règles du vote.

The president sometimes uses the courts to change the rules of voting.

président→presidentutilise→usesparfois→sometimestribunaux→courtspour→for/tochanger→changerègles→rulesvote→voting
Il veut aussi influencer le vote par correspondance dans plusieurs États.

He also wants to influence mail-in voting in several states.

veut→wantsaussi→alsoinfluencer→influencevote→votingpar→bycorrespondance→maildans→inplusieurs→severalÉtats→states
Ses avocats disent que le président est au-dessus de la loi.

His lawyers say that the president is above the law.

ses→hisavocats→lawyersdisent→sayque→thatau-dessus→abovede→ofloi→law
Mais la Cour suprême doit décider si cela est vrai.

But the Supreme Court must decide if this is true.

mais→butCour→Courtsuprême→supremedoit→mustdécider→decidesi→ifcela→this/thatest→isvrai→true
Beaucoup de citoyens s'inquiètent pour l'avenir de la démocratie.

Many citizens are worried about the future of democracy.

beaucoup→many/a lotde→ofcitoyens→citizenss'inquiètent→worrypour→foravenir→futuredémocratie→democracy
Les experts expliquent que la Constitution limite le pouvoir du président.

Experts explain that the Constitution limits the power of the president.

expliquent→explainque→thatlimite→limitspouvoir→powerprésident→president
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Key words and phrases from this article
pouvoir
power
"Le président a beaucoup de pouvoir."
agir
to act
"Il doit agir vite."
loi
law
"Tout le monde doit respecter la loi."
citoyen
citizen
"Chaque citoyen a le droit de voter."
avenir
future
"Nous pensons à l'avenir du pays."
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