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Solomon

(12,652 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:15 PM May 2020

He likes to break things. Everything he can get his hands on. It's the only thing he's good at.

And if you don't know who I'm talking about, you ain't American.

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He likes to break things. Everything he can get his hands on. It's the only thing he's good at. (Original Post) Solomon May 2020 OP
Trump's "deconstruction of the administrative state." sop May 2020 #1
++++++++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit May 2020 #3
"Deconstruct the administrative state" means castrate Congress. Laelth May 2020 #4
He copes with his own misery by hurting other people. RockRaven May 2020 #2
I thought I was going to see a cat video!!!!!❤ Karadeniz May 2020 #5

sop

(19,299 posts)
1. Trump's "deconstruction of the administrative state."
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:35 PM
May 2020

Early during the Trump administration Steve Bannon admitted their cabinet picks would be aimed at the "deconstruction of the administrative state,” meaning weakening regulatory agencies and other bureaucratic entities. At the time some believed Trump's grand vision was to reform government, but as it turns out he (and Putin) was only interested in the deconstruction part.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
4. "Deconstruct the administrative state" means castrate Congress.
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:47 PM
May 2020

Every Federal administrative agency was created by Congress (the voice of We, the People, of the United States) to perform a specific mission. Any President who wants to destroy the administrative state is seeking to destroy the will of the people as expressed through their Congress.

Disgusting, and highly authoritarian—fascist, ultimately.

-Laelth

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