Donald Trump himself appeared shocked by his victory in 2016, but this time Trumpian think tanks have produced blueprints. His restoration presidency also threatens to be a retribution presidency.
After fours years in the wilderness, Donald Trump 's restoration presidency also threatens to be a retribution presidency.
Senior former administration officials, who sought to restrain Trump during his first term in office, have placed on the public record concerns over his autocratic leanings. Retired general Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the legendary Washington Post journalist, Bob Woodward, thatand "the most dangerous person to this country".
The FBI, an agency which brought successful prosecutions against those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, might also have its wings clipped. Here the intention is to allot some of its workload to other federal agencies. Originally, Congress was supposed to exercise more power than the presidency. Nonetheless, the framers granted George Washington a panoply of prerogatives. As well as making the former general the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, he could veto legislation, appoint ministers, ambassadors and Supreme Court justices, pardon those found guilty by the federal judiciary and make treaties, so long as two-thirds of senators concurred.
One such omission is in what, if any, circumstances should a president enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution. That is why the Supreme Court this year considered the case docketed Trump v. United States, which stemmed from the federal case brought against the former president in relation to the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. In a landmark ruling, the justices granted presidential immunity from criminal prosecution in all of a president's "official acts".
By contrast, America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, another former general, had no such qualms. This master of the masses, a self-styled "peoples' president", rode roughshod over Congress, and rejected the orthodoxy that the legislative branch was superior to the executive.
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