When the Constitution becomes unconstitutional:The Trump Doctrine
The United States Constitution has served as the bedrock of our nations democratic framework for 236 years. Outlining the separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The appointments clause in Article 2 requires Senate consent for certain federal appointments which by design, ensures a balance of power. The U.S. government has a system of checks and balances to make sure no branch gets too much power.
One of these checks is the Senate's role in approving or rejecting certain appointments. The Trump administration is not only challenging the Senate's power but attempting to bypass this safeguard completely. Case in point, Elon Musk has been appointed by Trump as the head of the so called department of government efficiency (DOGE) and has been designated as a special government employee (SGE), which is not required to be confirmed by the senate and thereby allows him to bypass the scrutiny of a formal confirmation hearing.
Additionally Musk will be allowed to maintain his leadership role at Tesla, Space X, and his other businesses. There are also less stringent requirements for financial disclosures and conflict of interest rules. As an SGE, Musk has access to classified information, federal resources, and policymakers which raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest, especially with his extensive business dealings abroad.
(SGE) status allows him to wield major influence over policy decisions without being directly accountable to Congress or the American public. The core issue is that Trump has elevated Musk to a position that influences policy that will directly benefit his companies that have massive contracts with the government and there is no oversight. This undermines fair competition and allows him to potentially block business rivals from securing government contracts. Effectively pulling up the ladder behind him.
In the space of seven weeks the Trump administration has been waging a war to erode the protections of the Constitution “ at levels never seen before” In essence Trump's move not only attempts to circumvent oversight but also threatens to erode the very foundation of checks and balances that preserve American democracy.
Trump has given this position to Musk and as the de facto head of DOGE the alleged goal was to find waste, fraud, and abuse in the government and eliminate such aberrations. Instead he has effectively seized control over federal spending from Congress by stopping all funds allocated to the US Agency for International Development attempting to abolish USAID, He has all but shuttered the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB), and the Department of Education.
He is lining his pockets with taxpayer money while simultaneously creating hardship for Americans by attacking the federal workforce and firing government workers without regard to their qualifications. They are not trimming the fat they are amputating whole limbs from the body of government at a breakneck pace with no regard for the damage this is causing.
President Trump and Elon Musk along with the rest of the MAGA elite in the cabinet seems content to turn a blind eye to the fact that this is all quite unconstitutional. In addition to this, republican members of Congress seem to want to have plausible deniability over the actions of Musk. They want it to appear as if there is nothing they can do as he wantonly continues his slash and burn attack on government that is hurting all U.S. citizens, their constituents.
What it boils down to is essentially this. An unelected, minimally vetted foreign billionaire has been loosed in the hallowed halls of the Capitol and gifted more power than the President of the United States. Trump doesn't have the ability to abolish agencies that Congress established. So how in the world can anyone come to the conclusion that a Special Government Employee has that power? Congress has the power of the purse, not DOGE.
Republicans in the cabinet, Senate, and House will not be remembered kindly for neglecting their oath to the Constitution and allowing an unelected dilettante to ride roughshod over the Constitution and the vision of the founding fathers that were designed to preclude this particular kind of executive overreach.
This is an existential threat to the foundations of governance. Allowing one man's business interests to dictate national policy is not just dangerous it is unconstitutional. Forget about political parties and personal preferences. The undermining of the most successful democracy in recorded history is happening before our very eyes.
This is a call to action for every citizen to stand and fight for our rights and defend the Constitution that has allowed us here in America to enjoy freedoms that people in other parts of the world can only dream of.
Abraham Lincoln's words have never rung more true “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth” or to quote another president “ You better move fast or you're not gonna have a country left”
If our leaders refuse to act, it falls to us- the people- to demand accountability, transparency,and a return to the principles that have guided this nation for over two centuries.
Silent Sentinel
“The watchman has spoken. Let the sleeper awaken.”
Clarity is the beginning of resistance.
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