odanny
Diamond Member
This is something his flock actually supports, they don't believe in our system of government, they want a President and they want an Emperor, and now they have both.
If they lose the President, that's okay, as long as the Emperor remains. Thankfully he is 78 and he is not looking at a 30 year reign. Be careful what ya wish for.
In just one month in office, President Donald Trump has made it clear that he sees the presidency in starkly different terms from virtually any of his 44 predecessors.
He is not the first president to push the bounds of his authority. Andrew Johnson fired a Cabinet secretary in defiance of Congress. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court. Richard M. Nixon dismissed a prosecutor who threatened his hold on power.
But to a degree possibly unprecedented in the country’s nearly 250 years, Trump is barreling through the executive branch with the conviction that it is his to rule alone, no matter the laws Congress has enacted — even if that means destroying agencies, intervening in the justice system or granting enormous authority to a wealthy donor.
That is not how most presidents have seen a job that the Constitution arguably defines — beyond its military and diplomatic duties — as essentially doing what Congress tells him, saying he must “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
“We are in a new kind of presidency with Donald Trump,” said H.W. Brands, a historian at the University of Texas at Austin. “He is trying to make the presidency like a CEO position in a corporation.”
Trump is the first president who is essentially ignoring the existence of Congress, added Brands, a biographer of Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
“Presidents before Trump have not led with executive orders — they have fallen back on executive orders when Congress wouldn’t do what they wanted it to do,” Brands said. “But they all agreed that it was better to get Congress to pass legislation than to issue an executive order.”
Trump’s first month is striking not just because of the president’s actions, but also because a significant number of Americans and members of Congress are applauding his aggressive approach to the job. The country appears to be in a dark mood, with some voters’ hunger for disruption outweighing their impulse to follow American traditions.
“What makes this moment particularly dangerous for those who care about our constitutional system is that Donald Trump believes he has a mandate to act this way — and so far, the American people haven’t pushed back,” said Timothy Naftali, a historian at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs.
Trump’s unconventional actions have been numerous and varied, but they all reflect his belief that Congress has no business telling him how to run the executive branch. He has set about slashing the federal workforce with little regard to the myriad laws aimed at protecting it.
WaPo
If they lose the President, that's okay, as long as the Emperor remains. Thankfully he is 78 and he is not looking at a 30 year reign. Be careful what ya wish for.
In just one month in office, President Donald Trump has made it clear that he sees the presidency in starkly different terms from virtually any of his 44 predecessors.
He is not the first president to push the bounds of his authority. Andrew Johnson fired a Cabinet secretary in defiance of Congress. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court. Richard M. Nixon dismissed a prosecutor who threatened his hold on power.
But to a degree possibly unprecedented in the country’s nearly 250 years, Trump is barreling through the executive branch with the conviction that it is his to rule alone, no matter the laws Congress has enacted — even if that means destroying agencies, intervening in the justice system or granting enormous authority to a wealthy donor.
That is not how most presidents have seen a job that the Constitution arguably defines — beyond its military and diplomatic duties — as essentially doing what Congress tells him, saying he must “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
“We are in a new kind of presidency with Donald Trump,” said H.W. Brands, a historian at the University of Texas at Austin. “He is trying to make the presidency like a CEO position in a corporation.”
Trump is the first president who is essentially ignoring the existence of Congress, added Brands, a biographer of Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
“Presidents before Trump have not led with executive orders — they have fallen back on executive orders when Congress wouldn’t do what they wanted it to do,” Brands said. “But they all agreed that it was better to get Congress to pass legislation than to issue an executive order.”
Trump’s first month is striking not just because of the president’s actions, but also because a significant number of Americans and members of Congress are applauding his aggressive approach to the job. The country appears to be in a dark mood, with some voters’ hunger for disruption outweighing their impulse to follow American traditions.
“What makes this moment particularly dangerous for those who care about our constitutional system is that Donald Trump believes he has a mandate to act this way — and so far, the American people haven’t pushed back,” said Timothy Naftali, a historian at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs.
Trump’s unconventional actions have been numerous and varied, but they all reflect his belief that Congress has no business telling him how to run the executive branch. He has set about slashing the federal workforce with little regard to the myriad laws aimed at protecting it.
WaPo
