Normally I'd think "the President should follow the rules as well, so they have incentive to improve them". But maybe with tricky issues like this, the apparent

Normally I'd think "the President should follow the rules as well, so they have incentive to improve them". But maybe with tricky issues like this, the apparent self-interest in changing the rules would be seen just as badly as breaking them. Also: if you could just as easily break vs. change a rule, want to do so, but still believe it's generally a good rule - is it better to just break it? I guess this is what both sustains and dooms autocracies.