Things the Executive can do alone:
- Executive order rescinding all Trumps EOs
- Abolish ICE and dissolve DHS. Trump did it with USAID so I don’t want to hear “Congress has to approve it”.
- Instruct the DOJ to prosecute ICE agents and investigate anyone on the Epstein Files.
- Instruct the DOJ to prosecute all Trump Admin officials. (Put Steven Miller in a pillory on the national mall)
- End all govt contracts with Palantir and Elon Musk’s companies.
- Hand Pete Hegeseth and Marco Rubio over to the ICC for boat bombings.
- Stop the White House ballroom and all other vanity projects.
Things they need Congress to do:
- End/Reverse Citizens United
- Expand the Supreme Court
- Impeach all Trump judicial nominees. Especially Emile Bove and Aileen Cannon.
- Expand the House of Representatives.
Truthfully, Trump has done irreparable damage to the US both domestically and internationally. I don’t think most of us will live to see it fully rolled back. The most important thing the next Dem president can do is punish the Trump admin. Show that there are consequences and the rule of law matters.
The most important thing the next Dem president can do is punish the Trump admin
Bingo.
It"s a tale as old as time. If bad behavior isn’t punished, it continues. The single most important thing the next admin can do is make sure there are HARSH punishments for the criminals and traitors in our midst.
Beyond that there needs to be serious pushes to expand the Supreme Court to address its corruption. And a million other things.
But yeah, you’re right. Most of us won’t live to see a full recovery from this. Everyone should remember that when interfacing with their conservative friends/family. If you still have them. I’ve broken ties because I don’t need that kind of filth in my life.
I would vote so hard for any party/candidate with all these items as their primary objective. But most of these sure as hell aren’t going to be on the Democrats’ plan of action.
Most of these are popular and achievable by someone who has the fucking guts.
Right, but that last condition excludes almost all the democrats
They really will not be able to. He has fired 75-90% of many agencies’ employees. This is going to take decades fix, and every election we lose will extend that.
Not to mention international relations. He’s dumped on other nations so much. It will take a VERY long time to repair those relations, if they ever can be.
I’ve heard so many dumbass red hats crying that the US provided too much to other nations while getting little in return. They’re about to find out what we actually were getting in return. If other nations step up their militaries to fill in gaps where the US is abdicating its lead role, we’ll have less use for our own and can lower recruitment incentives/quotas. If we piss on trade deals with other countries, they’ll work more with China and other world leaders, stripping the US of its influence globally. Worst of all, even if their propagandist of choice have then that info, they are literally too stupid to understand.
They’re about to find out what we actually were getting in return.
This is one of the huge under-analyzed aspects of all this. The US “over” invested in defense and foreign aid, and got virtually all the soft power benefits of a hegemonic power, and by simply setting an upper limit on the worst abuses of imperial overlords, it generally had its allies saying “Thank You” for the privilege, with no particular signs that the bloc was weakening.
If the US is not an accessible market or a reliable guarantor of security, or if (for fuck’s sake) it’s threatening the territorial integrity of its own allies and trading partners, then it’s just China with less cheap shit to sell. Hell, even China doesn’t do the last one (offer not valid in Taiwan).
The executive branch also appoints people to hundreds of positions (with approval of the Senate). Federal judges in particular have lifetime terms per the Constitution. This is absolutely a generational mess.
If there’s a super majority Congress can just impeach them. I’m sure they’ve all done something worthy of it.
If the Dems gain full control of the House and Senate, and if they have the collective will to start a mass impeachment campaign and weather the political fallout, then yes, they could remove a lot of Trump appointees. But given the state of American politics, I am not optimistic about either of those things happening.
If they decide to man up and get shit done, then they will get it done.
It is not and never has been a question of whether they can. It’s a question of whether they want to.
Democrats aren’t weak. They actively work towards limp, useless results. They strategically use their power to appear weak and useless, on purpose. They’re sort of like sloth demons.
“I hereby rescind any and all executive orders signed by president Donald Trump”
Executive Order of next Democratic president.
Of course that doesn’t fix the generational damage that has been done at a time when we don’t have generations left to fix the earth.
You people still believe there’s gonna be a next president?
Right? Stop relying on the system, America. It’s not working. You’re going to need to actually DO something. Like striking for a week.
They can’t. Judicial appointments are for life. Laws require another majority in Congress to repeal again.
The place they’d have the most power over is the executive branch. They could rescind executive orders, replace staff, etc.; but “all of Trump’s bullshit” isn’t possible, never has been for any previous president.
The SC has ruled that the president is immune to prosecution for any actions done in an official capacity. Now I’m not advocating for the assasination of the entire Supreme Court, but it apparently would be legal, along with a whole host of other unsavory things that could solve many of those issues.
Technically speaking, the 2nd Amendment allows Americans to overthrow their leaders if they become too out of control.
Good luck finding that somebody.
