Commentary
The headline in the New York Times seems terrifying. “Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025.” The article explains that they “are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands.”
That sounds awful, something any red-blooded American who believes in freedom should oppose. Don’t tread on me!
But these days, nothing is as it seems. The Times’ spin is clever but utter bollocks. The plan is to remove executive agencies’ power over the American people and grant more oversight of them by the elected executive. This change, which would indeed be huge, amounts to a restoration of the original Constitutional structure, which nowhere makes room for 400+ agencies operating independently from the president….