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Tag: Executive Overreach

Deportation, Delivered With a Side of Requests

The Trump White House insisted foreign policy was finally being run like a business. No more freeloaders. No more favors. Everything would be transactional, efficient, and hard-nosed. Which is why it is useful to read the paperwork and see just how flexible those principles became once deportations were on the table. According to internal U.S. […]

King Trump, Meet the Guy Who Quit

Vintage propaganda style illustration showing Donald Trump depicted as a crowned king on the left, pointing outward and holding a scepter, contrasted with George Washington on the right in Revolutionary War uniform holding the Constitution. Bold text reads “King Trump vs. George Washington,” with slogans including “I am your retribution,” “I can do whatever I want,” and “Power must have limits.” The White House and Liberty Bell appear in the background, emphasizing a clash between monarchy and constitutional restraint.

Donald Trump has never claimed to want a crown. He has simply described the presidency as if it came with one. “I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” Trump said in 2019, during an interview meant to reassure the public that everything was under control. […]