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
    81·
    4 days 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.