And, between "wars" and "daycare", the "daycare" set of funds are actually appropriated by Congress, and therefore are funds that the government is actually legally authorized (and even required) to spend.
Hasn't Trump and the unitary executive theorists decided that since the executive actually administrates the departments and moves funding, that the executive can just decide to not send money to, or fire the staff from any given executive function Congress authorises?
While the courts may not agree with the new theory, it's a lot easier for Trump to destroy and delay than it is for the courts or Congress to compel him to rebuild and fund.
> President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”
> “We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
> “We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said.
> Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.
What changed? Epstein papers showed up on the doorstep.
Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD's) in response.
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Now Trump starts a war that'll make the COVID inflation look cute and fun, with apparently very little preparation, and it's got 2/3 Republican support.
How does this make sense?