My one point of contention.Everybody remembers that Louis XVI was king of France at the time of the French Revolution. (Ok, maybe not everyone, but some people do.)To be fair, Churchmouse is the only one that could really say he remembers, since he was there.
No one really remembers that the decisions that created the pressure that culminated in the revolution were made my many predecessors over a long period of time.
Trump's decisions are properly viewed in that context. Has every "national emergency" been an actual, real emergency? Has that definition been diluted over time?
If he goes through with this, that continued dilution will allow for a variety of scenarios to appear more of an "emergency" that needs dealt with by executive power.