This obituary pulls no punches. "Trump now walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy, and bloodshed woven by Cheney. An uncharismatic Nixon functionary—someone who might never have risen to power had Texas Senator John Tower not drunk himself out of a Pentagon appointment —decisively shaped the destruction of constitutional governance in 21st-century America.""His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies."https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/