title: Donald J. Trump
abstract: Throughout his one-term presidency Trump broke many long-standing democratic norms and traditions and, on multiple occasions, skirted legality and moved into unlawful and authoritarian territory. In particular, there were three factors, which turned him into the first autocrat in the White House. They explain why Trump became the only president who was impeached twice by the US House of Representatives. There was, first, Trump’s frequent obstruction of justice; it was the basis upon which many o