For Trump, seizing emergency powers has become central to governing - WaPo

[In It to Win It]

WaPo - Gift Link

The specter of federally controlled troops in American streets has historically signaled a seismic social crisis, from forcing integration in Arkansas to protecting civil rights marchers in Alabama. But President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles at a time when state and local officials said they had protests there under control.

The move reflects an increasingly evident pattern of his presidency: Trump declares an emergency or crisis where many others do not see one, enabling him to take sweeping actions, rally supporters and fight on political terrain he finds favorable.

Trump’s declaration of an economic emergency in April enabled sweeping tariffs. His declaration of an invasion on the southern border paved the way for intensified deportations. An energy emergency made it easier for him to ease regulations. His pronouncement that fentanyl entering from Canada was an emergency justified sanctions, as did a similar finding on the International Criminal Court’s approach to Israel.

By many measures, the emergencies were hard to discern. But Trump’s ability to pronounce them via executive order enabled him to instantly deploy the resulting authority.

“It gives him extraordinary powers to not go through the normal machinery and bureaucracy of government,” said Mike Madrid, a longtime Republican strategist who has been critical of Trump. “The goal is to wield extraordinary powers to get rid of government where he wants, get rid of the bureaucracy where he can — and step on the neck of his opponents.”

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

1. Emergency powers when there is no "emergency" is bureaucratic bullshit.

Trump is just a goddamned bureaucrat. Or, perhaps: bureaucraTACO?

[Pisces]

2. This is scary and I don't see him stopping his power grabs

[usonian]

3. He'll keep trying to foment a crisis. ANY crisis. This is his second coup attempt.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295160

The plan is pretty clear.

Create a disaster by weakening cyber and military defense. In the ensuing grid and communications failure, using a cabal of “replacement” security and military people, take complete control of the country and hand control to Putin. Hegseth is PURGING THE MILITARY of its leaders. This is a coup in motion.

We need to expose the plan, and in Sun-Tzu fashion, disarm the boy crying "insurrection".