Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand Presidential Powers
www.thedailybeast.com
The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.

Summary

Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding presidential control over independent agencies, including the FTC, FCC, and SEC.

The order enforces the “unitary executive theory,” which argues the president has sole authority over the executive branch. It grants Trump’s budget chief, Russell Vought, oversight of these agencies’ performance and budgets.

The move is expected to face legal challenges, as past presidents have largely respected agency independence.

Trump defended the order, stating, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    308·
    2 months ago

    Good thing we spent the 4 years between trump terms with a young, motivated go-getter who checks notes his in a closet for four years and was less seen/heard than any other president.

    Moderates are not equipped to fight fascism, we can’t keep rotating between the two because the fascists will break more than a Neoliberal would ever want to fix.

    Neither actually wants to fix shit, just keep their wealthy donors happy

    • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
      28·
      2 months ago

      Also, this time we have fascists with a plan at hand. They even say beforehand what they will do and no one bats an eye, until “wait, they were serious?”

      They did their homework and are swiftly taking over.

      Trump’s abhorrent smug face of late tells everything we need to know if they are succeeding or not.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 months ago

        That’s a list of random things that happened during his presidency…

        I have no idea how that’s relevant.

        This would be tho:

        In the 100 years since Calvin Coolidge took office, only Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan held as few news conferences each year as the current occupant of the Oval Office.

        https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/politics/biden-public-appearances-media.html

        He wasn’t fucking capable of being president. Even Chris Clizza admits it now, why can’t you?

        Those four years was not the time to let Grandpa go in a Sunday cruise, we needed an actual fighter and moderates aren’t fighters.