Trump’s Spending Abuses Are Out of Control. He Shouldn’t Have . . . The moves also fit with Mr Trump’s broader strategy to push the United States away from its democratic traditions and concentrate power in a single person — him Alarmingly, congressional Republicans have stood by while Mr Trump has executed this power grab Mr Trump’s abuses of spending power fall into three categories
Trumps Spending Abuses Are Out of Control. He Shouldnt Have . . . Trump's Spending Abuses Are Out of Control He Shouldn't Have That Power in the First Place Nov 14, 2025 NYT editorial *President Trump, however, has tried to take Congress’s constitutional power and make it his own He has repeatedly ignored laws passed by the House and the Senate to spend money, or not spend it, based on his whims and agenda He has violated the law at least six times
The President Is Losing Control of Himself Presidents often lose control over their agenda, or the policy process, or pieces of legislation Sometimes, they even lose control of their party But Donald Trump seems to have lost control over
President Trump’s Efforts to Defy Accountability During the first three months of his administration, President Donald Trump has destroyed, captured, or marginalized institutions intended to check abuses of executive power A