[technol0gic]

someone in his camp is smart/devious/slick enough to advise him to test his autocracy by skipping the rules on things that are already obvious before moving on to skip the rules on more dubious and unpalatable endeavors

I would liken it to testing the electric fences in different sectors like the velociraptors from Jurassic Park, starting with the sections that are hidden from cameras by bushes, before knocking down the ones out in the open.

[sixothree]

Don’t forget that upcoming national crisis that will require us to forgo having any rule of law.

[robertlagrant]

I don't think it's "testing autocracy"; it's just getting a lot of things done as fast as possible. Trump made a lot of campaign promises.

Contrast it with Labour over here in the UK, who've "only" been in power 6 months, and the difference is incredible.

[throwaway743]

It's Stephen Miller's take on a strategy out of Steve Bannon's playbook - Flood The Zone.