The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Power Grab: a chaotic coup | Editorial
DOnald Trump is raising an American constitutional crisis, claiming comprehensive powers to overcome or overcome Congress control in a rude attempt to centralize the financial authority in the executive authority. If he succeeds, then the Nobel Prize winner Crowgman WarnIt will be a coup in the twenty-first century-with power sliding from the hands of elected officials. He says the real story hidden behind the president’s trade war is to kidnap the government. And Mr. Crowgman.
By raping power to close government programs at the will – even those funded by Congress – Mr. Trump can cut federal spending and taxes while pretending to balance books. In fact, it will be theft The poor to enrich the wealthy. In a world in which economic terms have been spoiled to photograph exploitation as “creating a wealth”, and the boldness of Mr. Trump – and Lackeys – to personally Profit for breathtaking. Mr. Trump’s philosophy is simple: Let the Uber forms do everything they want, with a little supervision or non -existent. The result will be a tremendous fortune for a selection of a selection while life grows more clear and shorter for many.
His plan was not formed at the end of last week when Mr. Trump removed an official in the Top Treasury, who was blocking the beloved billionaire, Elon Musk, from reaching the federal payment system-exposing the sensitive personal data of millions . The system is spent more than 5 Americans annually, and Mr. Musk and its allies wrote Nathan Tankos“It is clearly aimed at redesigning” to serve the Trumpan agenda – opening the door for the US President to search for revenge against his political opponents.
To see the effect, do not look further than one of the first movements of Mr. Trump: Freezing Trillion in federal spending – especially on external aid, NGOs, “Dei Initiatives”, and “the ideology of the sexes” and “the new green deal”. The courts prevented the procedure as unconstitutional – but not before chaos caused government agencies and non -profit organizations, especially those who help exhibition Groups such as the old and homeless warriors. Mr. Musk Claims The USAID Agency (USAID) will close – but this is still a discussion as a federal body Legally Required to manage aid.
Just like his commercial war, Mr. Trump’s claimEvaluation“Authority – the supposed right to stop spending unilaterally – reveals Basic contradiction From holding his strength: situations like a monarch Because it is very weak so that he does not rule as president. He takes over the customs tariff as desired, bypassing Congress with the demands of “national security” – however it led to an agreement with Mexico, which both sides have weaved as victory.
In his first term, Mr. Trump Protection Crusade- customs tariffs on China, which are the Policies of the Allied Trade in the American Football Association and the Allied attacking. Instead, it was a self -wound. His administration slapped $ 80 billion in new “taxes” to Americans through the customs tariff, only to see the supply chains, to redirect to Vietnam and Indonesia instead of returning jobs home. The real cost? Hit 0.2 % to GDP and lose 142,000 jobs, According to To the tax institution. Without a dangerous investment in the local industry, the first trade strategy in America did not rebuild American manufacturing – it has raised costs. Mr. Trump’s chaos is not confident – it is despair. He tries to evoke the authority that he does not already have. It makes a perception of domination in the hope that the Americans will simply accept. The real danger is to leave the illusion of power becomes a reality.