Former President Donald Trump may not yet be quite to the point of planning to remodel the Oval Office, but he sure seems to be looking ahead to his second, non-consecutive term in office. It’s prudent, of course, in any enterprise as complex and far-ranging as being president of the United States to have some plans in place well ahead of time. Trump is certainly doing this, and not least among those plans involve him taking aim at the federal budget, and planning to seize some previously-unused powers to do so. The Washington Post writes:
The Constitution gives control over spending to Congress, but Trump and his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion — including the authority to cease programs altogether, even if lawmakers fund them. Depending on the response from the Supreme Court and Congress, Trump’s plans could upend the balance of power…
