M: I didn't think about this at the time. I don't think many people did. It certainly wasn't bandied about. But yeah, in his first term, Donald Trump called the press the enemy of the people. But the press is guaranteed its freedom in the First Amendment. It's not a far walk at that point to say that it seems like Donald believes that the Constitution is somehow the enemy of the people.
G: TL;DR:
Yes. If the press is constitutionally protected, calling it “the enemy
of the people” implicitly casts the Constitution itself as hostile to
the people whenever it constrains him. That logic tracks his
behavior.
Expanded, cleanly:
This also explains the consistency across his actions:
In short: if law is treated as optional and limits are treated as betrayal, then the Constitution is functionally an enemy—at least to anyone who wants power without accountability.
日本語(にほんご):
報道(ほうどう)の自由(じゆう)は 憲法(けんぽう)で
守(まも)られている。 — Freedom of the press is protected
by the Constitution.
日本語(にほんご):
制限(せいげん)を 敵(てき)と 呼(よ)ぶ
人(ひと)は、憲法(けんぽう)も 敵(てき)に なる。 —
Someone who calls limits “the enemy” ends up treating the
Constitution as the enemy too.
That conclusion is not inflammatory. It’s a straight-line inference from his own premises.