They SHOULD Be….
When the Framers designed our government, they built in checks and balances for a reason: to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful. But Donald Trump has treated that system less like a guardrail and more like a speed bump. He’s not just bending the rules — he’s trampling Congress’s constitutional authority.
Time and again, Trump has taken actions that bypass Congress entirely. He’s launched military campaigns without authorization, withheld information from lawmakers, and even clawed back money Congress already approved. These aren’t small slip-ups. They’re full-on assaults on the separation of powers.
Take national security. The Pentagon recently blocked Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, from conducting oversight at a U.S. spy agency. That decision came after Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist, criticized the meeting. Think about that: a sitting senator, tasked with oversight, was sidelined because of pressure from a fringe influencer.
That’s not how democracy is supposed to work….
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You see the patten, but here’s the bigger picture: Trump has already signed nearly 200 executive orders — even setting a record for the most in any president’s first 100 days. Republicans, the same party that used to scream about executive overreach, have mostly stayed silent as Trump does whatever he wants….
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The truth is, the founders never intended for America to have an all-powerful president. They gave Congress the power of the purse, the power to declare war, and the responsibility to provide oversight. By sidelining Congress, Trump isn’t just rewriting norms — he’s rewriting the Constitution in practice. And the scariest part is that every time lawmakers shrug, it becomes harder to claw back that power.
Congress was designed to check the president, not cheerlead for him. When it fails to do that, we don’t just weaken a branch of government — we weaken the very system that’s supposed to keep presidents honest…