The White House now decides revenue (tariffs) and how that money is spent. Two things that are specifically Congress’ job.
That seems - illegal!
It is. But laws without enforcement are meaningless, and nobody’s willing to enforce them. So they’ll do whatever the fuck they want until or unless someone makes them stop.
Trump and Republicans create problems so they can say only Republicans can fix it.
Nothing new.
The Trump administration is planning to deploy millions of dollars in tariff revenue to tide over a critical nutrition program for low-income moms and babies during the ongoing government shutdown.
Why would they want to fix it? They can write blank checks with our taxes now
This has nothing to do with poor mothers and everything to do with limits to executive power.
The executive branch SHOULD have no power over spending.
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millions of dollars in tariff revenue to tide over a critical nutrition program for low-income moms and babies
From the linked article
Taxation without representation is always well received by the populace.
These days yes.
Politics at work:
- if Dems do nothing, it’s de facto accepted that they can do this in the future and Dems cannot object
- if Dems fight back, they’re fighting against “nutrition programme for low income moms” imagine the optics.
The orange turd needs a new toilet for his shiny new plane. Brown people sat on the old one…
Congress and the courts have surrendered to the president. The courts could deputize any local officials to enforce their rulings and freeze assets to heads of departments until they comply. Congress corps freeze all money going to the white house and remove the president. Neither are using their full power to save America.
What an adorable way to destroy democracy.
Trump states he will direct money towards an important program (which anyone would have to be a monster to argue it isn’t deserving of funding), by subverting a core principle laid out in the constitution which ensures another check and balance on executive powers.
His MAGA snowflake army will cheer his amazing heart and empathy while he establishes a precedent for future appropriations of his own illegal slush fund.
Bro is just speed running his Emperor Palpatine quest…
How much “commision” does Donny 2 Inches keep?
Funny how revenue equals stupid price hikes paid by us…
Start by giving it to programs nobody in their right mind would oppose, like food and formula for mothers and babies.
It’s only later that you use this precedent to justify doing it again (and again and again) for other programs that just so happen to coincide nicely with what you want.
Jesus fuckin christ. Talk about leverage holy fuck.
“Allocate” …
But they are Trump’s Tariffs, so ofcourse it’s Trump’s money … right?
He already claims to have received $17 trillion but there is no trace of it, best to cover up all the amounts falling out of his mouth by allowing it all to fall into chaos.
