him complacent so many people still are not just in the uk but across american public life about the threat posed by trump. a threat that is in plain sight, it s not hidden. trump people are not hiding what they plan to do in january, 2025 less than 18 months from now. in fact, this week the new york times put out a piece headlined trump and allies forge plans to increase presidential power in 2025. a true understatement from the times as ever. i would ve headlined it, trump and allies forge plans to build an american autocracy in 2025. here is the stunning opening paragraph of that times piece. quote, donald j trump s allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return into the white house in 2025. reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. the times reveals that mr. trump intends to bring
machinery of government and voters returning to the white house in 2025. reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands, and quote. the plan, dubbed product 2025, is an effort to centralize more power around the president, and stack the administration with loyalists. that would involve bringing independent agencies like the fcc, the ftc, under the control of the executive branch, eliminating employment productions for civil servants in order to make it easier to fire people and presumably replace them with staff handpicked by the president and his allies. they also plan to revive the active impounding funds, meaning the president could refuse to spend money for programs as appropriated by congress. that s a practice that has been banned since the nixon administration, by the way. the goal is to significantly alter the balance of power in the federal government in favor of the executive branch. this would fundamentally alter
him under criminal scrutiny and investigation by the justice department but that have already led to federal indictment. the new york times reports that team trump plans to get rid of any and all road blocks to interference by the white house in any independent government agency. from that new reporting, quote, donald trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government. if voters return him to the white house in 2025. reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. trump and list associates have a broader goal to alter the balance of power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates either by law or tradition with any measure of independence from political interference by the white house. that is according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews of people close to him. the expresident s allies