Eventually, the article gets around to the fact that Trump & his administration really don't care if they're violating various supposed legal norms. Neither do those who control the other two branches of the U.S. Gov't.

Yes, this is apparently the moment international law finally collapsed. After decades of regime change, covert action, targeted killings, proxy wars, and executive unilateralism carried out by every administration of both parties. What makes this case uniquely intolerable is not the conduct itself, but the failure to dress it up in the usual layers of euphemism and multilateral paperwork. The real violation, it seems, is skipping the rituals.