The system still works. No matter how often and from what angle Donald Trump attacks and attempts to circumvent the checks on his power, the system keeps pushing him back and reminding him that he is a president, not a king or a dictator.
Trump cannot govern unilaterally, and with each day of his presidency that slips through his fingers as the famous soap opera voiceover passes like sand in an hourglass, the more the system of checks and balances takes power back from Donald Trump.
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The president thought he could unilaterally impose tariffs in any amount he wanted at his own whim, but the Supreme Court told him otherwise.
As Trump still has not overcome the Supreme Court’s ruling on the tariffs, the administration replaced the individualized tariffs with a flat 10% global tariff, but a trade court ruled that the replacement tariffs were also illegal.
Trump’s dreams of an imperial presidency are crumbling before his eyes.