He’s off the leash. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court will stop him.
Comment on Trump signs order establishing a sovereign wealth fund that he says could buy TikTok
drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
How the fuck is this a valid executive order when it’s clearly purse string shit. This is something congress would have to do.
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 weeks ago
It’s in the old feudal sense, your sovereign demands tribute…
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The funny thing is, if just won’t work. Ok, he says to do it. Some lackey goes off to do it. But someone has to sign the check. The money has to come from somewhere. That’s when the shit hits the fan.
Unless Congress does whatever he says like little lap dogs. Ok, yeah, I convinced myself now that it’ll happen.
obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
The money has to come from somewhere.
That’s why elons team took over the treasury payments system.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oof… Yeah, there it is
bizzle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Congress would have to first stop him. He does so many blatantly illegal things though and nobody ever actually cares, though, so that’s unlikely.
Two inches from the best timeline. We got fucked.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
What two inches? What was the best timeline that we missed out on so narrowly? 2000? Because Reagan won by a lot, if I’m remembering correctly.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I mean any timeline without this 2nd Trump term would be a heck of a lot nicer.