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When Donald Trump entered the White House in January 2017, he brought with him a New York real estate developer's playbook that was fundamentally incompatible with presidential power. For decades, Trump had operated in a world where consequences amounted to little more than bad press and civil settlements. The presidency, however, operated under entirely different constraints - where conflicts of interest matter, separation of powers is sacred, and even the appearance of impropriety carries serious weight. This fundamental misunderstanding would trigger unprecedented chaos at the highest levels of American government. At the center of this constitutional storm stood two unlikely figures: FBI Director James Comey and White House Counsel Don McGahn. Neither man particularly liked Trump, yet both found themselves in positions where their decisions would shape the trajectory of his presidency. Their stories reveal how America's institutions bent, cracked, and sometimes broke under the weight of a president determined to test every boundary placed before him. What makes this clash so fascinating isn't just Trump's disregard for norms, but how the guardrails of American democracy responded when truly tested. The system wasn't designed for a president who viewed law enforcement as his personal protection service or who considered the Justice Department his private legal team.