Make a run for the border: Trump ups the ante on wall-funding diversions

That s not to say that this is a healthy status for constitutional operation. Congress has the power of the purse, at least conceptually, as a means to check the power of the executive. It s all well and good to cheer on a president who delivers on one s own hobby horses, but what if it was President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez using Pentagon funds to cap oil wells on federal land and fund coal-mine inspectors to find enough violations to cripple production? I d guess that the same people cheering Trump s diversions would suddenly find those diversions to be A Grave Danger To Our Republic. And they d be right, not just on the actions themselves but also on the implications of a presidency untethered from budgetary restraint.

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It’s all fun and games until your debt won’t monetize anymore.