King Trump

To play devil’s advocate - trump has signed far fewer executive orders to date than many presidents before him.

I don’t agree with the wake Musk is operating either but so far Trump has not significantly expanded the executive power in comparison to previous presidents.

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Yuval Levin’s speculation: he lost in Congress in his first term (attempting to roll back affordable care act) when John McCain scuttled the effort. He is afraid of that type of defeat occurring again? And he—and Congress these days—don’t build coalitions well.

In November, the people demonstrated that they don’t care what laws he breaks. When they had power in the last four years, the law and democrats in power also demonstrated they don’t care what law he breaks.

It’s over, we’ve slid most of the way from a corporate oligarchy to a soft monarchy. Adjust your life accordingly and let’s hope bitcoin can buffer people from the worst aspects of the new situation 🤙

He has to fire up his compaign promises fast before they manage to have time to pull off lockdown 2 or some other BS , it happened to him in the first term he’s trying to avoid that

Sadly, I think this is the fate of any org of this size. Any time this much power is centralized/concentrated. It’s like an unwritten law of the human condition.

Churchill was right " Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others" This includes a Monarchy. I share your concerns. Plus there's already a King. Kingbee 🤴 🐝.

I agree the executive branch has too much power, and the legislative branch has abdicated a lot of their power.

What has Trump done that is illegal? He is the head of the executive branch so he has the ability to shape how it functions. If he is out of line then the legislature and the courts *should* check him.

It's a strange power play because the Dems expand the power of their offices too and are only concerned when their enemies weild the power they created.

For example under Obama they change Supreme Court nominees to only require a simple majority. It was great when they were in power. But then Trump got his justice picks through with the rule they created. The Dems literally fell into their own pit and actually helped overturn Roe v Wade.

I've believed for a long time the executive branch is our biggest threat to liberty.

Each president assumes the powers of not just the Constitution, but of his predecessor, and of course whatever he needs to pass the 'mandate of the people', and let's not forget the unexpected crisis, then 4 years later, another comes along... Wash, repeat.

But our original articles of confederation had no executive. Neither did the Roman Republic we partially modeled after. What if the executive branch itself required a 20 year charter directly from the people? Keep the 4y term limit on the office but w the understanding the office itself, and all EO's and departments under it, would have to be able to fold without disruption unless WE agree on another nonpartisan charter.

The executive, legislative and judicial branch all have the same co-equal power By design, it is gamesmanship to see who will lead and who will follow. As long as the executive is using their power to diminish the size and scope of government I’m here for it.

What troubles you most about the executive's actions so far?