Congress appropriates money to be spend. Executive branch ... 'executes' things with appropriated money. Previous Trump administration tested a lot of norms, and current one is going to be pushing past every boundary of normal/accepted/traditional behaviour we've ever seen. The will of the people, expressed through Congress, is that Dept X gets $Y, but the incoming admin is claiming their own 'will of the people mandate' to completely upend how appropriated money is spent, and indeed, if it's spent at all. When you do not believe government agencies should exist, why would you want to enable them to spend money?
Well, we'll see what the courts do - and maybe more importantly - what the people on the street do when/if it starts affecting their lives.
I'm not a legal scholar, but I'm going to guess that saying "congress appropriates money, but the President can decide if they actually get it" is a pretty fringe idea.
It's called impoundment and it's patently illegal and unconstitutional. There's already been a SCOTUS case. The executive branch absolutely does not have the authority to decide how money is allocated.
The executive branch having the power of selective enforcement and pardon generally seems like it might have an impact on the relevance of any supposed authority.
Most of the MAGA ideas are fringe. And they're pissed they've not been 'listened to' for years. That's part of the point. This is all revenge/retribution, both on Trump's part, but also for a minority class of people who've felt 'left out' and 'ridiculed'.
Shame, maybe they should have focused on subsidizing therapy.
I don't even know what more to say. Paradox of tolerance so I'm no even going to pretend to empathize with ideas like"deport the illegals in chains " and ćmy body your choice".
