“I continue to hold out hope that the administration, the Supreme Court, they don’t want an economic recession,” says legal expert Leah Litman.

The threat undermines “Ukraine’s position on international markets” said the Atlantic Council’s Peter Dickinson. “Companies can’t finance themselves.”

“So much is good about the recovery,” said Wendy Edelberg of the Brookings Institution. Yet “we’re still in the midst of chaos.”

Wednesday’s occupation of Capitol Hill stirred questions about the country’s political stability.

Trump has come under fire for behavior that allegedly weakens the rule of law. But that concept isn’t strictly legal.