Visiblement, il ne mesure pas les conséquences de ses actes, mais les Américains, et notamment les plus pauvres - une grande partie de son électorat - vont probablement en souffrir, et pas qu'un peu. Par exemple :
The Guardian a écrit :Alarm as Trump administration pauses all federal spending on grants and loans
Donald Trump’s second presidential administration has paused all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government, potentially upending programs relied upon by millions of Americans.
In a two-page internal memo, Matthew Vaeth, Trump’s acting head of the office of management and budget (OMB), instructed all federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all federal financial assistance”.
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The freeze in federal funding, set to take place on Tuesday afternoon, has thrown the future of a vast array of programs into uncertainty. It is probably going to affect universities, the non-profit sector, cancer research, food assistance, suicide hotlines and a range of other areas.
Et ailleurs sur The Guardian :
Watchdogs warned about Trump restricting funding before federal grants paused
Even before the office of management and budget circulated its memo on federal grants, government watchdogs warned that Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict funds already appropriated by congress could be illegal.
In response to Trump’s executive actions ordering, among other measures, a 90-day pause on foreign development funds and restrictions on funding for “sanctuary cities”, the non-partisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) sent a letter to congress warning that Trump could be running afoul of the Impoundment Control Act.
“Our constitutional system of checks and balances gives Congress the power of the purse,” the authors of the letter wrote.
“Put simply, it is illegal and contrary to our constitutional structure for the president to disobey appropriations acts duly enacted after Congress publicly considers and determines funding levels for the federal government.”
Parlant des "watchdogs", ces Inspecteurs généraux dont Trump vient d'en licencier 18 :
The Guardian a écrit :Trump condemned over ‘blatantly illegal’ firings of watchdog chiefs
Independent watchdogs summarily dismissed by Donald Trump have denounced the move as illegal and a threat to democracy that paves the way for the appointment of “political lackeys” and widespread institutional corruption.
The sacking of the 18 inspectors general from federal agencies last Friday, including the departments of defence, energy and state, has also been widely condemned as illegal, and as part of the Project 2025 plan for a rightwing authoritarian takeover of government.
Hannibal “Mike” Ware, who was the inspector general for the Small Business Administration until his sudden firing, told MSNBC that the dismissals were anti-democratic because they ride roughshod over a law requiring the president to give Congress 30 days’ notice and the reasoning for any such move.
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In 2022, Congress strengthened an existing law preventing the arbitrary removal of inspectors general for political ends, and their replacement with officials who were not independent of the White House, in response to Trump firings during his first term. These included the dismissals of inspectors general investigating the secretary of state Mike Pompeo, and the transportation secretary Elaine Chao, and their replacement with loyalists who quashed the investigations.
ou encore ceci :
Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move
Donald Trump has fired a senior official at the top US labor watchdog, in effect paralyzing the body until a replacement is confirmed.
Gwynne Wilcox, a member and former chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), described her dismissal as “unprecedented and illegal” and pledged to challenge the move.
Her removal leaves the board with only two members, and leaves it without a quorum of three members required to issue decisions, per a 2010 supreme court ruling.
Les Américains ne seront pas non plus les bénéficiaires des taxes d'importation qu'il souhaite imposer comme moyen de chantage mais qui vont plutôt rendre la vie quotidienne plus chère : « Mettre les tarifs douaniers à 20 % est une très mauvaise idée, qui pénalisera les Etats-Unis » : la réponse des deux économistes auxquels la Maison Blanche s’est référée
Mais le chaos pourrait être international avec par exemple "la prise" de Groenland
Pour ne pas parler de sa proposition de déportation des gazouis, sans aucune concertation avec quiconque : Donald Trump’s toxic remarks on Gaza reveal lack of joined-up thinking
À très grande vitesse il est en train de mettre en place la plus grande kakistocratie au monde. Est-ce que la démocratie américaine (ses institutions, notamment) saura-t-elle résister à un tel chaos qu'il est en train de mettre en place. Et le reste du monde ?
of Resilience Force, a labor organization with almost 4,000 members, who are primarily immigrant workers.
