Historian on Comey Indictment: ‘Not Red Meat—Orders’ | Trump’s Second‑Term Shift | CNN2.0

📌 Presidential historian Tim Naftali says the Comey indictment reflects a shift from rhetoric to execution, arguing President Trump is now converting public threats into actionable directives inside government.
🧭 First term vs second term: constraints and guardrails that blunted impulses earlier have given way to loyalists and structural changes, enabling direct intervention in prosecutorial decisions.
⚖️ Naftali frames this as an institutional moment, not a one‑off; the point is to demonstrate power over legal levers and normalize presidential involvement in cases against perceived opponents.
🔎 He cautions that indictments are legal processes, but the precedent of presidential pressure translating into outcomes marks a major departure for norms around DOJ independence.
🧨 Bottom line: “This isn’t just red meat for rallies; these are orders,” signaling a broader project to reshape executive power and how political grievances are pursued.
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