Trump begs to different. Why did the right get all the dictators?
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carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
As I have said before and will say again the president is not a dictator.
Spending bills must originate in the house which is currently controlled by the party of no. You can threaten not to vote all you want but you will only hurt yourself.
As it is this meme is just misleading.
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 months ago
The president has the most powerful tool at his disposal: The bully pulpit.
The president is the de facto leader of the political party, the president can make anything a headline in every news source, and the president has very deep pockets to make use of these powers.
For all of their flaws, both the Bush and Trump administrations used these tools to their advantage. They picked something they wanted, and made it happen through heavy pressure on their part members up and down that various branches of government, through directions given to appointed department heads, through heavy media blitz and through every other avenue of influence they have.
Biden has done a better job than his democratic predecessor to use these powers, but no Democrat in the white house in recent memory has used these powers like the republicans do
Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 months ago
So you’re solution is to just make everything a sideshow cuz it worked once for a sideshow.
conquer4@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He is probably reluctant because being apart of Obama’s use of it to reform social security, Medicare, and pass affordable care act. Only to be burned and be a lame duck for 6 years