“In any event, Trump, like any other American governmental Executive, Judge, or Legislator, will have to be bound be what is Constitutional, not simply by the way he’d like things to be.”
Where have you been living lately? Obama is and hasn’t been bound by any Constitution. And no one in Congress is doing a dang thing about it. That is the problem. What makes you think Trump wouldn’t do the same?
What you believe he will do and what he will actually do are two different things. And from some of the things he has said I believe he will do what he wants. So I guess it all boils down to what one wants to believe regardless of the facts.
In the case of Obama, he is simply pandering to the people who elected him, which isn't difficult since they are of the same ilk.
In the case of Donald Trump and the issue of NSA intelligence gathering of private citizens' phone calls, Trump would be at odds with the very people who helped elect him, and if this constituency provided sufficient pressure and was vocal enough, I think he'd have an open mind to their concerns.
Furthermore, since Trump will be depending on a very pro-Constitutional bloc of voters in order to get elected, I think it's rather unlikely that he will constantly be seeking shortcuts around the Constitution in the manner of 0bama.
Additionally, in the wake of a Trump election, there would logically (and almost necessarily) be a wave of sentiment advocating for smaller, less intrusive government.
I just don't see Trump as someone who would attack traditional Constitutional principles in an effort to implement his policies. I think he would use the art of persuasion to reach some measure of consensus in cases where issues might be Constitutionally contentious.
In short, I think that business-as-usual political corruption and shortcut-taking would not be Trump's style.
I believe Trump wants to change the way Washington operates, and bring back accountability, austerity, and pride to the office of the Presidency.
Trump is simply very unlikely to fall into the behavior patterns which most establishment politicians operate within.
Whatever President Trump's specific policy preferences might be (and I'm sure I'd disagree with many of them), trying to claim that he would simply exhibit the same-old-same-old that we're used to seeing from the kleptocracy is quite the stretch, IMHO.