Summary

Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding presidential control over independent agencies, including the FTC, FCC, and SEC.

The order enforces the “unitary executive theory,” which argues the president has sole authority over the executive branch. It grants Trump’s budget chief, Russell Vought, oversight of these agencies’ performance and budgets.

The move is expected to face legal challenges, as past presidents have largely respected agency independence.

Trump defended the order, stating, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    You can try to justify it any way you want. If you call for someone else to commit violence in your stead, you are a coward.

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      22 hours ago

      Or not an idiot with a sense of self preservation, you call it coward, I call it not a dumbass who was born to die

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        22 hours ago

        You can be that, without calling for violence. The moment you do otherwise, you are a coward unless you’re fighting yourself.