Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“The Trump administration is claiming powers in both domestic and foreign affairs that vastly exceed those of prior presidents. He bases his claim on his unprecedented ‘mandate’ in which he did not get even a majority of the votes. His popular vote victory margin was less than Hillary Clinton’s margin in her Electoral College loss to Trump in 2016. But facts mean little to Trump and his followers. This is a big problem. We probably would not want to see unchecked powers going to any presidential administration, no matter how competent, but it is especially dangerous in the hands of incompetents who often do not have a clue.” (04/17/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/17/unchecked-power-to-total-jerks/