Trump is finally getting a taste of accountability. And it's driving him nuts.

The president is realizing for the first time that there's another person out there who can make him answer for what he's done

President Trump, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, and Robert Mueller.
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"You are a killer," Fred Trump would tell his sons. "You are a king."

From the time he was a child, Donald Trump knew that while he might have to answer to his father, he wouldn't have to answer to anyone else. With his father's money he created a private company — no board of directors was going to tell him what to do — and blasted his way through life as though rules, norms, and being accountable for your actions were for the little people.

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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.