14th, the documentary directed by Ava DuVernay that premiered Friday night as the closing-night film of the New York Film Festival, begins with several American presidents taking the oath of office: FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan… each of them swearing to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

We know where this sequence is headed – it culminates with Donald Trump swearing that oath to become the 47th president. Then it immediately cuts to Trump sitting down for an interview with Kristen Welker of NBC News who asks him, “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” Trump’s response: “I don’t know. I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me.” Astonishing. READ MORE