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Congress explicitly said 'no' to this Trump order — and he's defying them anyway
Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Not Bureaucratic Drift. They Are Executive Theft.Power Was ClearThe source text lays out the constitutional map plainly: Congress appropriated the money, Trump signed the bill, and the executive branch was supposed to spend it. That is not ambiguity. That is a direct instruction the administration is now ignoring.The people with actual institutional power here are Trump, Russell Vought at OMB, and the small circle of appointees he installed to control foreign aid. The people with formal authority to decide the budget were Congress, and Congress already decided.Who Enabled…
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