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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:49 AM Sep 2019

Presidency all about himself

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 1:34 AM ET, Mon September 9, 2019

... In the last few days alone, Trump has brandished the power of the executive branch to cover up his own discredited claims that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. There is increasing evidence that his government is steering official business to his own properties.

He is escalating his attacks on the Federal Reserve, demanding the independent central bank take steps that would bolster his best argument for reelection -- a strong economy -- but that could tie its hands in the event of a financial crisis.

He's boasting about taking billions of dollars from "all over" -- i.e. government funding approved for other projects -- to build a wall that Congress, exercising its constitutional prerogative, refused to fund and is central to his 2020 election strategy.

His presidency has often been an exercise in testing and even going beyond constitutional limits -- conduct that House Judiciary Committee Democrats plan to highlight by voting this week on a resolution laying out procedures for an investigation now that they are actively considering impeachment ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/donald-trump-politics-alabama-hurricane-afghanistan-business/index.html

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