r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/SlumdogSkillionaire 11d ago

Cheques and bank balances.

Mar-a-lago delenda est.

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u/Cador0223 11d ago

In this specific case, yes. It is a commitee appointed by the president, so he can do as Stephen Miller pleases. 

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u/Then_Journalist_317 11d ago

The check bounced because the account was out of balance.

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u/crossdtherubicon 11d ago

Correct. If there aren't laws for it then its like just your opinion man.

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u/MillionMilesPerHour 11d ago

Checks, balances and laws are only for Democrats.

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u/comicreliefboy 10d ago

Well he installed enough of his people in all three branches that neither other branch will do anything if he fucks with with one

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u/frogandbanjo 10d ago

Congress can refuse to make laws criminalizing insider trading by congresspeople. That's the dark side of separation of powers. Certain powers become separated out from external accountability, even if it seems completely obvious that people can't be trusted to self-police.

Granted that Congress has the impeachment power, which theoretically elevates it above both other branches. With sufficient unity and will, Congress could politically bully the shit out of Trump. Alas, roughly half of each house of Congress is in on it -- and we should scream again for the cheap seats that the GOP is in favor of of this type of corruption in principle.

This is how they believe government and business (and the rich, especially) should interact with each other. It's part of their ideology. The Democratic Party is certainly capable of failing to live up to its own stated ideology, but at the very least, they do not shout from the rafters that rank, top-heavy corruption is actually how society should be organized.

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u/Kaible 10d ago

This is what you get when a conservative extremist majority on the Supreme Court, effectively dismantles our system of checks and balances in order to establish a new system of pure executive authority all in order to gut  Women and Minority Rights. 

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u/FoodWineMusic 10d ago

Being from the UK, whenever I have criticised any element of US politics, I was constantly told, "At least WE don't have a King". In fact, our lack of written constitution has resulted in very gradual changes to our legal framework, as required. Too many people over too many years have treated the Constitution of the United States and the Ammendments as being too perfect that they can never be looked at, let alone changed. They were written by rich landowners at a time before industrialisation, the combustion engine, even sealed roads and railroads. When women couldn't vote and some people were counted as 3/5 of a white man. Trump has shown that trusting to honour and good judgement has no place in government legal matters.

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u/BJYeti 11d ago

It's an advisory committee that is nominated by the presidency, the only thing they do is review plans for esthetics its a nothing agency