Gaslighting? I definitely was not trying to gaslight you, but otherwise I actually agree with you on most of this.
My only reason for focusing on Reich in this case was that you seemed to be using him as your source of information about US news, so the most relevant thing was to point out how poor a source of information he is.
Trump supporting checks and balances is not verifiable data like the other facts you mentioned. I would say that Trump supports checks and balances probably about as much as other US presidents have supported checks and balances. Both of the last two administrations (Trump and Biden) have weaponized the justice dept against political opponents, and Obama's administration created a false case against Trump (Russiagate); both of the last two administrations have violated the first amendment by trying to control speech that they didn't like; both of the last two administrations have used executive orders as if they could just bypass Congress's responsibility for writing laws. It's a really long list.
If Reich were actually opposed to unconstitutional actions, he would have been criticizing all of this regardless of what party is behind it. If I'm mistaken on that count, please let me know, but I don't recall him being a strong voice against the Biden admin coercion of the media, for instance, or any of the other anti-constitutional actions of that administration.
