Lets be clear up front:Donald Trumpdoesnt care one iota about theConstitution.
And thats a scary thing to say about a president.
The order has been met with multiple legal challenges, leading a federal judge totemporarily block it.
Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony in the President’s Room following the 60th inaugural ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images
This order, too, has beentemporarily blockedby a federal judge.
The list can go on and on, but two points are entirely clear here.
First, Donald Trump does not care about specific provisions of the Constitution that might constrain him.
Two terms as president under the 22nd Amendment?
Congress having the power of the purse under Article I?
The president enforcing the law, not making law under Article II?
Second, the basic idea of separation of powers is irrelevant to Trump.
He will venture to do whatever he wants, no matter the Constitution.
All they really seem to care about is power and pleasing their monarch, King Donald J. Trump.
