After a chaotic first six months in office, the President of the United States has vowed to keep turning to social media for support. Sooner or later, Donald Trump’s presidency, which he so dishonestly grabbed from Hillary Clinton, is doomed to fail.

Facing fresh allegations linked to a probe into Russian interference during last year’s presidential election, Trump is now trying to throw water on the report that he had personally intervened to draft an initial misleading statement by his son, Donald Trump Jnr, about a secret meeting with a Russian lawyer.

But why are some political leaders so untrustworthy? I guess it’s the same all over the world. Let’s take, for example, these leaders: Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta, and his rich Panama buddies in Castille, Vladimir ‘Macchiavelli’ Putin in Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, Viktor Orban in Hungary, Trump. These high officials claimed (before they were elected) they wanted to fix democratic institutions during their first few weeks in office. However, it becomes crystal clear their only aim was to consolidate power.

Effective resistance by opposing parties is still very, very far away, especially in Russia, Turkey and Malta. If Trump remains in office, it will most certainly be a major blow to the rule of law. He is already showing what he has in mind: he wants to end an independent investigation into his Russia ties. A few days ago, for example, he and his allies stepped up attacks on the special counsel investigating last year’s campaign connections to Russia.

He is also trying to push the Attorney General out of office and thinking of prosecuting Clinton over her e-mail saga. And as if this were not enough, Trump is also toying with the idea of whether he, as President, can pardon himself of any guilt.

When will the Republicans in Congress try to stop him?