It was a truly-unprecedented week, in the thankfully very narrow history of our republic’s Presidential excesses.

Some argue that Mr. Trump’s actions are no more than Nixsonian — as to firing independent investigators — and taping private conversations. I’d argue that we are well-past that very sad 1970s mile marker. Mr. Trump is in an entirely repugnant “class of one”, now — in debauched Presidential history.

To wit: Mr. Hinderaker went so far late this week — as to suggest that Mr. Trump’s breath-taking fiat this week was “no different” than one he openly and brazenly lies about — as to Mr. Obama. [Mr. Obama had, at one time, provided audio of a press interview conducted in the Oval Office, to a reporter — when that reporter’s device lost battery power. The reporter knew in real time that the White House was making public record copies — for the Presidential Archives.]

By way of stark (and obvious) contrast, Mr. Trump has now by tweet intimated that he secretly taped a law enforcement official — actually, the nation’s highest law enforcement officer — who was at the time conducting official business, in an investigation into the President’s own potentially treasonous behavior. And Mr. Trump then fired that man, in the middle of this investigation.

This is undoubtedly uncharted territory. 45 threatened, in public, a man who might exercise his first amendment rights to speak about matters of substantial public concern — arguably criminal, and perhaps treasonous activity — by that same President. Mr. Nixon may have threatened many in private, similarly — but even he wasn’t stupid enough to do so, in public. To admit openly, to a feeble attempt to obstruct justice. That’s 45, for you — and Mr. Hinderaker, too — it would seem.

Sad territory — and Mr. Hinderaker is clearly no patriot. He is a sycophant — of the worst kind.

He knows better, too. Disgusting.