This executive order pretty much seizes complete control of all regulatory agencies and interpretation of any law! I did not say “attempts to seize” because who the fuck is going to stop this?
All independent agencies are now under the direct control of the president. All regulations must meet with presidential approval before being implemented (power grab against legislature) and only the president and attorney general can interpret the law as far as what federal employees follow in their duties (power grab against judiciary).
This is the biggest power grab in American history, do you think it might make the news for more than a day? Will anyone in the entire fucking media be critical of this move or give it anywhere near the attention it deserves? Or do we just slide right into dictatorship with hardly a reaction? And he calls Zelenskyy a dictator. Every accusation is a confession!
There’s no way Trump is going to do the work of actually reviewing thousands of federal regulations. That’s just not possible, which is why the organizations have done the bulk of this work up until now. So now, he’s just added another layer of “unaccountable bureaucrats” to review the reviewers, and tell him that everything is okay. They’ll either rubberstamp everything, or deny everything.
I suspect this will essentially neuter any sort of regulation that puts any limitations on say ... a business. Or you can have regulations for sale – if Walmart pays me, I’ll enforce regulations that are onerous to Amazon for example. There’s an incredible amount of coruption and evil they can do with it. They can weaponize regulations by only enforcing them against their enemies. They could remove thousands of bedrock safety regulations overnight if they want. A pipeline for bribes to Trump and Bondi. Also, it specifically includes agencies that were set up to be independent (from the administration) agencies by Congress. Now, the executive says, “we’re just going to ignore that your law says these are independent agencies”.