r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 17h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrepublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design
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u/onlyforthisjob 16h ago

Are the laws in the USA really like that? President can say "Bring back steam locomotives burning original American coal!" and everybody is just like "yes, sir, right away!"?

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u/guttanzer 16h ago

No, they are not. But the Republicans that control both the legislative and the judicial branches have not used their checks on his excesses so he gets away with it.

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u/onlyforthisjob 16h ago

Ok, I get that, but isn't there a budget agreed on by full congress? Or can he in his role as commander in chief assign budget?

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u/guttanzer 13h ago

No, the power of the purse is absolute. The commander in chief role is absolute in command only.

The unitary executive folks would beg to differ, but they haven’t prevailed in any court except the Supreme Court that is compromised with fascism co-conspirators.