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It’s part of the con. It’s a loud and glittering display of force that is meant to make even the non believers in Trump, Believe. Muzzle velocity. Shock and Awe. Whatever you want to call it.
There’s a reason congress is quiet. There’s also a reason none of the orders are congressional bills (good odds he would lose). There’s a reason he’s punching out at other countries like Canada, Denmark, and Panama. It’s to display the executive branch as THE unequivocal authority. The only authority within our federal government that matters. King George III would be impressed, because it’s working, at least, it is if more mainstream social media is to be believed.
But belief is all that’s needed to make it so.
Checks and balances only work if the other branches are willing to check or balance and they’re not. The US Constitution may as well be in flames right now. And no one else is doing anything. My partner went to a “protest” in a fit of frustrated angst after the treasury news. Roughly 1,000 people stood around with signs, or simply stood around, and didn’t talk to one another. If that’s all we’ve got, then this is the end of the USA.