Trump's shamelessness — and his willingness as president to put the interest of "Trump" first, rather than America — has never been more brazen than the past week. The drama over the Nunes memo — a giant nothingburger that actually makes Team Trump look worse on the issue of alleged collusion with Russia's 2016 election meddling, but which riles up the 37 Percent watching slanted coverage of it on Fox News — is not worth more than one sentence of my time or yours. But Trump's willingness to fire or pressure anyone at the FBI or the Justice Department investigating that collusion or a growing cover-up, his unending attacks on journalists and other democratic institutions, and his demands of unwavering loyalty from Republicans in Congress needed to check these abuses, combine to pose a threat to American democracy that is without precedent. As the New York Times noted in an analysis on Sunday, "The president has engaged in a scorched-earth assault on the pillars of the criminal justice system in a way that no other occupant of the White House has done."