Firstly, that's how the Treasury works. It is literally the Department of the Treasury, headed by the Secretary of the Treasury who serves at the pleasure of the President.
President Trump can be his own Treasury Secretary if he were so inclined, he just doesn't have to.
>who's gonna stop them from touching social security?
Literally President Trump whom Elon Musk answers to and serves at the pleasure of. Trump made safeguarding Social Security, et al. a campaign promise and he is, by and large, a man of his word to a far greater degree than any other politician.
>He passed 100 EO's day one and couldn't add in a price control for eggs
If circumstances like the bird flu get too severe he might have to play hard ball, but in the interests of the free(er) market it probably is better to be less conspicuous.
Regardless, it's not even 1 month into a 4 year term. If Trump thinks that cleaning the government out is a more pressing matter than lowering grocery prices, I can't say I disagree, I voted for that policy too.
>can't take the time to make sure DOGE is appointed as usual?
He doesn't need to ask for Senate confirmations because the law doesn't say so.
>He could give a half a trillion grant to AI but also wants to "reduce spending"?
That $500 billion is private money coming from the companies who signed on to Project Stargate. I'm going to assume this was just simple naivety and wasn't deliberate mischaracterization.
>Well I'm glad you're accepting of World War 3.
Biden's policies brought us closer to World War 3 than ever before. Contrasting that to the only President in my lifetime who has not started a war of his own, I'll take this any day of the century over the prior status quo.
>I live on the West Coast
Me too. As a Japanese-American I share your sentiment that China is an enemy to be appropriately feared and respected.
I personally suspect Pax Sino is coming some time this century regardless of anything we do at this point, though. The ship already sailed out.
>The way our geography is basically means we need to defend all of North America at the bare minimum. defending a continent isn't cheap.
Our defense budget pays for significantly far more than just the United States of America, let alone the North American continent (this should be an equally shared responsibility between the US, Mexico, and Canada.)
Our defense budget pays for defending the entirety of NATO and all our other allies; we effectively defend the better part of the entire fucking globe. And yet our "allies" continue to whine, especially NATO. I'm tired of it, I'm sick of sending our servicemen to serve in other countries who don't even want them and seeing our tax dollars spent on countries who don't appreciate it.
Obama already declared we aren't the world police anymore, the world can fend for itself while we figure out our god damn finances. If that means accelerating Pax Sino, well, "I don't really care, Margaret."[1]
Firstly, that's how the Treasury works. It is literally the Department of the Treasury, headed by the Secretary of the Treasury who serves at the pleasure of the President.
President Trump can be his own Treasury Secretary if he were so inclined, he just doesn't have to.
>who's gonna stop them from touching social security?
Literally President Trump whom Elon Musk answers to and serves at the pleasure of. Trump made safeguarding Social Security, et al. a campaign promise and he is, by and large, a man of his word to a far greater degree than any other politician.
>He passed 100 EO's day one and couldn't add in a price control for eggs
If circumstances like the bird flu get too severe he might have to play hard ball, but in the interests of the free(er) market it probably is better to be less conspicuous.
Regardless, it's not even 1 month into a 4 year term. If Trump thinks that cleaning the government out is a more pressing matter than lowering grocery prices, I can't say I disagree, I voted for that policy too.
>can't take the time to make sure DOGE is appointed as usual?
He doesn't need to ask for Senate confirmations because the law doesn't say so.
>He could give a half a trillion grant to AI but also wants to "reduce spending"?
That $500 billion is private money coming from the companies who signed on to Project Stargate. I'm going to assume this was just simple naivety and wasn't deliberate mischaracterization.
>Well I'm glad you're accepting of World War 3.
Biden's policies brought us closer to World War 3 than ever before. Contrasting that to the only President in my lifetime who has not started a war of his own, I'll take this any day of the century over the prior status quo.
>I live on the West Coast
Me too. As a Japanese-American I share your sentiment that China is an enemy to be appropriately feared and respected.
I personally suspect Pax Sino is coming some time this century regardless of anything we do at this point, though. The ship already sailed out.
>The way our geography is basically means we need to defend all of North America at the bare minimum. defending a continent isn't cheap.
Our defense budget pays for significantly far more than just the United States of America, let alone the North American continent (this should be an equally shared responsibility between the US, Mexico, and Canada.)
Our defense budget pays for defending the entirety of NATO and all our other allies; we effectively defend the better part of the entire fucking globe. And yet our "allies" continue to whine, especially NATO. I'm tired of it, I'm sick of sending our servicemen to serve in other countries who don't even want them and seeing our tax dollars spent on countries who don't appreciate it.
Obama already declared we aren't the world police anymore, the world can fend for itself while we figure out our god damn finances. If that means accelerating Pax Sino, well, "I don't really care, Margaret."[1]
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7rk8djJek