Pretty naive, indeed. Lest we forget that time ... Actually you tell us Brother, what was that other time a US President held up foreign military defense aid as quid pro quo for dirt on a political rival? You tell that story so well. Go ahead. We all await your retelling.
On a slightly different version of breaking the law "all the time", there was Iran/Contra, but the President was pretty well insulated from that, even though Colonel North didn't understand his role as the cutout man which led to legal problems for his boss, who acted honorably (in a sense) and protected HIS boss.