President’s deliberate deluge of policies overwhelms resistance as he aims to weaken the legislature, analysts say

Summary

Trump’s new presidency has unleashed a series of aggressive orders that have reshaped the federal government.

Rapid purges have targeted senior officials and civil servants, aiming to remove anyone deemed insufficiently loyal to his agenda.

Key measures include canceling diversity programs, dismantling independent inspectors, and attempting to seize control over trillions in government spending from Congress.

Despite some pushback and legal challenges, these moves reflect a broader strategy to concentrate power, potentially undermining democratic checks and balances and reshaping the US government’s structure.

These actions risk significant long-term institutional damage.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Well, when you see how that dipshit Stephen Miller views government employees, it is no wonder that they want to wage this war.

    https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-2671017282/

    Earlier in the day, Trump aide Stephen Miller told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that there are 2 million federal employees in the federal government — and that “overwhelmingly, the career federal service in this country is far left, left-wing.” 🤣

    Stephen Miller would probably wilt if he ever had to interact daily with anyone that was actually far left, LOL.

    It gets even funnier…

    “Well I’ll give you an example,” Miller retorted. “We looked at USAID as an example. Ninety-eight percent of the workforce donated to either Kamala Harris or another left-wing candidate.”

    His “evidence”, even if true, is that they donated to Kamala? I’d like to know who is in the group “another left-wing candidate”? 🤣

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        22 days ago

        To radical extremists like Stephen Miller, probably most of the country is “left-wing”. Also, just by being a woman and a POC, Kamala is probably suspected of harboring extreme leftist positions…

        It does turn out that most Americans do poll progressive on the issues, but that doesn’t mean they are necessarily adhering to some kind of dogmatic left-wing ideology. But to hear Stephen Miller blather on, most federal workers are studying Marx and plotting and scheming for the second coming of Lenin or something. These people are nothing if not great at projecting mindsets onto others - it is the likes of Stephen Miller that wish to do a wholesale radical reworking of America…