Trump plans imperial final act to his presidency
President Trump, with the clock ticking and congressional investigators closing in, plans to govern even more imperially, hell-bent on stretching executive power, targeting those on his enemies list, pardoning allies, and daring the courts and Congress to slow him down.
Key points
- Sign legislation from the new Congress that would undo massive Medicaid cuts in his "One Big Beautiful Bill." The bottom line: Trump is still Trump.
- The Swamp can expect tougher sledding: Miller, unlike most of his predecessors, is driven more by ideology than by meetings with lobbyists or industry groups.
- The Trump bet: Congressional Republicans will quickly feel Democrats are overreaching and unify in solidarity with Trump, even if it's forced or begrudging.
Trump is retooling his White House by elevating the one official who's synonymous with his all-gas-no-brakes style: Stephen Miller, who took over for Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff on Monday.
Additional details
- Trump's pharaonic need to gild the White House, build a ballroom, erect a triumphal arch and slap his name on buildings is also an exercise in raw power.
- Both are architects and advocates of vastly expanding presidential power, believing there are virtually no restraints on what Trump can do as president.
- The June ruling handed Trump the power to fire the heads of the FTC and other independent regulators (like FERC) for any reason or no reason.
- Now, it's also a preemptive warning that the Trump administration will target anyone, including elected members of Congress who target them.
- Find common ground with MAHA's healthy food agenda, which has become the subject of vicious post-election infighting among Trump insiders.
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