This week, President Donald Trump betrayed his base and Americans in general as he advocated for confiscating guns with no due process. 

"I like taking the guns early like in this crazy man's case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time," Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.

"Take the guns first, go through due process second," Trump said.

This blatant attack on the very thing that makes America great, due process, has been in the making since before the Florida shooting, but Trump appears to be striking while the iron is hot.