An administration that has consistently boasted of its willingness to bend (and sometimes break) the law to meet an unprecedented threat has become notorious not for its flexibility, but for its rigidity.
Un gobierno que se ha jactado constantemente de su disposición para flexibilizar (y a veces violar) la ley a fin de afrontar una amenaza sin precedentes ha llegado a ser tristemente famoso no por su flexibilidad, sino por su rigidez.