Trump declares himself dictator

[Hume]

Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid​

The White House has informed Congress it intends to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, invoking a little-known and legally untested power to slash spending without their approval.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid.html

 

[domer76]

Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid​

The White House has informed Congress it intends to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, invoking a little-known and legally untested power to slash spending without their approval.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid.html

He certainly is giving it the old college try. And his party has become the Party of the Cult.

 

[Hume]

He certainly is giving it the old college try. And his party has become the Party of the Cult.

This is what got Trump impeached in his first term.

 

[Damocles]

Says the people who were okay with President PhoneAndAPen....

 

[Hume]

Says the people who were okay with President PhoneAndAPen....

No idea what you're talking about. Maybe posting pictures is your intellectual level.

 

[AProudLefty]

Says the people who were okay with President PhoneAndAPen....

Whataboutism indicates agreement.

 

[Hume]

Whataboutism indicates agreement.

Everyone is evil. Therefore Trump can do whatever he wants.

 

[AProudLefty]

Everyone is evil. Therefore Trump can do whatever he wants.

Exactly.

 

[Damocles]

Whataboutism indicates agreement.

But it doesn't indicate the level of alarm. How you react by calling it whataboutism makes it clear you agree.

 

[AProudLefty]

But it doesn't indicate the level of alarm. How you react by calling it whataboutism makes it clear you agree.

Two wrongs doesn't make it right.

 

[Damocles]

Two wrongs doesn't make it right.

Indeed. Introspection hurts for leftists or for Trumpists.

For folks that didn't like either of them doing it, not so much.

 

[Walt]

Says the people who were okay with President PhoneAndAPen....

If trump was using his phone and pen to do things authorized by the Constitution, we would not have the problem we do with him. Budgeting is clearly the authority of Congress.

 

[christiefan915]

Says the people who were okay with President PhoneAndAPen....

So far trump has issued 198 executive orders. Biden issued 162 during his four years in office.