President Joe Biden, left, claps onstage with California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom ,during a campaign event at Long Beach City Collage, on September 13, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS) The Trump Department of Justice going after people who make the president mad or even sad is nothing new, in this dangerous age when the presidency is increasingly about placating the desires of the old man in the Oval Office.