Trump power is constrained only by his own moralit

President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
 
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
 
“I don’t need international law,” he added. “I’m not looking to hurt people.”
 
 

When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law, Mr Trump said, “I do.” But he made clear he would be the arbiter when such constraints applied to the United States.


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mor·al·ity
[m;;ral;ti]

noun
morality (noun)
moralities (plural noun)
principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour:
"the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed"
Similar:
ethics
correctness
ethicality
virtue
goodness
righteousness
rectitude
uprightness
morals
principles
honesty
integrity
propriety
honour
justice
fair play
justness
decency
probity
chasteness
chastity
purity
blamelessness
ethos
mores
standards
ideals

rights and wrongs

good behaviour

moral standards

moral code

principles of right and wrong

rules of conduct

standards/principles of behaviour
Opposite:
immorality
a particular system of values and principles of conduct:
"a bourgeois morality"
the extent to which an action is right or wrong:
"the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons"