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Get fucked NYT this waffling fucking language is what enables this. It is certain he doesn't have the authority, and not being able to say so is allowing Trump to dictate the terms of how our fucking government works.
who's gonna stop him?
this congress?
this scotus?
That's completely missing the point. The point is the press has been talking like this since 2015. They have given him every avenue to just pretend this is how things work. It has only gotten to this point due to this kind of waffling bullshit not willing to call a spade a spade.
It's not about the fact that no one is going to stop him, we haven't even had a press that's been willing to point out that he doesn't have these powers for almost ten fucking years now.
Because guess who owns the press.
C Montgomery Burns
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Good news: People are starting to become aware of the class war that has been going on for the past 50 years.
Bad news: We lost that class war.
You may be underestimating the amount of the US economy directly or indirectly impacted by a freeze like this. This is a big deal not just because it's usurping powers, but for simple economic reasons. Lots of rich people and Republican representatives that can't be too happy about this. They want MAGA nonsense to be distracting people so they can get big fat tax cuts, not actually be hurting their business interests.
It's the Faithful Execution Clause (Article 2, Section 3, Clause 5) and he's absolutely violating it.
What's the remedy though? Likely a Russian-ectomy from the GOP to actually stand up to him. Even if SCOTUS rules against Trump they have no method of enforcement. I wonder if SCOTUS should have any kind of power to impeach or even expell a President (high bar, maybe unanimous decision).
Biden could have acted like this too. He would have been shot down by the courts, but there would be precedent so that trump couldn't.