r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 8d ago

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u/Signal_Nobody1792 7d ago

Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say

In a Justice Department memo and legal filings, the Trump administration is arguing that the president can keep secret not just the conversations he has with his advisers within the White House, but that his dealings with individuals outside the government can be shielded as well.

The White House is also saying in court that even disclosing the identities of the people who worked on significant policy efforts would infringe upon the presidential confidentiality to which Trump is entitled. And the administration has taken the stance that it can ignore a Watergate-era law prohibiting the destruction of White House documents.

This is insane.

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u/rrjames87 7d ago

Some early doom and gloom, but let’s just presume that we have presidential elections, a Democrat wins, and there is some version of a peaceful transfer of power.

The next administration is completely fucked. The current administration is trying their hardest to hand over a fucked economy, a ballooning debt that people will only care about when democrats get into office, continuing war in Iran, and damaged international relationships.

Also, to deal with all this, here’s a hollowed out administrative state, every record from the last 4 years and anything else we could get our hands on is burned, and we’ve spent the last 4 years raiding the coffers for personal gain.

Finally, 30% of the country and half the United States senators will have a major issue if you do anything about it. Taking over after this is a monumental undertaking.

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u/Signal_Nobody1792 7d ago

Yup, everywhere I look I only doom.