It makes sense, with Trump having at most four years to do whatever it is he's trying to do and no clear succession plan. Also needing to do things that can't be easily undone.

Move fast and break things, ask for forgiveness not permission, etc.

They would need a bipartisan effort right now to have a super majority, but this all could be handled pretty quickly if politics wasn't such a team sport. I've definitely seen and heard people complain about power creep in the executive branch over time, but this is the first time in my life that I've seen it leveraged to it's absolute limit.

Aardvark

I think it's more accurate to say he's taking advantage of the power congress has granted the presidency. People have been warning about this for decades.

Best case scenario, this is a wake up call and congress pulls back some of these powers.

Politics_And_Law

How America Declared war on Venezuela without declaring war

I think it's more accurate to say he's taking advantage of the power congress has granted the presidency. People have been warning about this for decades.

Best case scenario, this is a wake up call and congress pulls back some of these powers.