Trump declares Senate majority candidates should allow him to make recess appointments
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The president-elect said the next Senate majority leader should be open to bypassing Senate confirmation for administration appointees.

Summary

Donald Trump has publicly involved himself in the race for Senate Majority Leader, insisting that any Republican candidate for the role must support his demand for recess appointments, allowing him to bypass Senate confirmation for cabinet positions.

Trump’s statement on Truth Social emphasized the need for rapid appointments to avoid delays. GOP candidate Sen. Rick Scott endorsed Trump’s call, while opponent Sen. John Thune criticized it as a violation of the separation of powers.

Trump also calls on Democrats to halt judicial nominations during the lame duck session.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    12·
    8 days ago

    I see your angle, but it’s not good. This is just the heritage foundation and power hungry around him telling him he needs to go through the process to lay a “defensible” legal path. He says they need to do it, instead of him unilaterally just doing it by decree. So they do it, and if/when challenged up to the Supreme Court, they just say all the boxes were checked, technically legal, moving on.

    He’ll do that dance, initially at least, for them to support the “is he being presidential today?!!!” BS narrative that they couldn’t stop drooling over last time. He’ll eventually collapse and regress, but this time when mask comes off all the way (or more like skin peels off of his face, as the mask has been off) he has absolutely nothing left to lose. Things are going to get dark.