Trump’s presidency reignites his founding debate: How much power is too much?0

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• July 5, 2026

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin may have debated these constitutional questions at the Middleton Tavern, a seaside pub in Annapolis, Maryland, that is older than the country itself. The tavern boasts that everyone drank there in the early days of the new republic. There I met Lorraine Ross, who was celebrating her own