US President Donald Trumpshows a decree he signed in the Oval Blank Office on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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US President Donald Trumpshows a decree he signed in the Oval Blank Office on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images
Most presidents want as much energy as they can get it. And it is not unusual to see them claim the authority that they did not finally do it.
As we saw just the last mandate when former president Biden tried to unilaterally forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loans.
Or when he announced, a few days before leaving his duties that the 28th amendment, on gender equality, was now the law of the country.
The opening movements of Trump’s presidency are just a more spicy version of the standard game book or an imminent threat to the constitutional government as we know it?
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This episode was produced by Marc Rivers and Connor Donevan. He was published by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
