When President Donald Trump recently told the New York Times that he is restrained only by “my own morality” instead of by international law or treaties, people rightfully were shocked. People who feared the Trump presidency might turn authoritarian hoped (maybe against hope) that the existing constraints that came with the office of president might “moderate” his views, but so far it has been a false hope. Likewise, when Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City, some had hoped that the financial constraints he was facing would limit his ambitious plans for billions of dollars of new “free