Remember kids, republicans stand for small government, state’s rights and-apparently- complete tyranny…because that’s the way it’s got to be….

QUESTION: Just to clarify your understanding of your authority vis-a-vis governors, just to be very specific, for instance, if a governor issued a stay at home order–

TRUMP: –When you say my authority, the president’s authority, not mine, because it’s not me.

QUESTION: Sorry, just a question.

TRUMP: This is–when somebody’s–

QUESTION: –Your authority–

TRUMP: –The president of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s got to be.

QUESTION: Total? Your authority is total?

TRUMP: It’s total. It’s total.

QUESTION: Your authority is total?

TRUMP: And the governors know that.

QUESTION: So, if a–if a governor–

TRUMP: –The governors know that.

QUESTION: If a governor issued–

TRUMP: –No, you have a couple of bans of–

QUESTION: –A stay at home order–

TRUMP: –Excuse me. Excuse me. You have a–

QUESTION: –Could you rescind that? Could you rescind that order?

TRUMP: You have a couple of bans of–of Democrat governors, but they will agree to it. They will agree to it.

QUESTION: When would you call on a governor?

TRUMP: But the authority of the president of the United States having to do with the subject we’re talking about is total.