Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
previous reluctant witnesses. one is the secret service. according to new cnn reporting, investigators have identified potential missing text messages on the phones of ten agents. messages from on and around january 6th. committee vice chair liz cheney calls the developments regarding the agency deeply troubling. i have just tremendous respect and admiration and real affection for members of the secret service, particularly those who were with my family on 9/11 and in the aftermath of 9/11. but i also know that what we saw in terms of what s happened over the course, what we ve become aware of over the course of the last several weeks is deeply troubling. we will get to the bottom of it. cheney also tells cnn the panel is still interested in speaking with steve bannon, who was convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the committee s subpoena. we ll join steve bannon s attorney for his first interview. they say they could also subpoena begiginni thomas.
independent agencies under direct presidential control. he wants to revive the practice of impounding funds, refusing to spend money congress as appropriated for programs the president doesn t like. he tends to strip employment protection from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. again, they are not hiding any of their plainly authoritarian and paranoid goals here. russell to vote up, former trump official, just proudly and openly in classic bond villain fashion told the times quote, what we are trying to do is identify the pockets of independents and sees them. but it s not just the times. the economist magazine also had a deep dive into how team trump aims to revolutionize the structure of government itself. maga republicans believe that they will be able to enact their program only if they first defying the deep state by making tens of thousands of top civil servants sack-able.
clear review. according to explosive reporting from the new york times, trump and his allies are planning, a quote, sweeping expansion of presidential power should the former president retake the white house next year. this would reportedly include giving trump the power to with hold funds from any government program or agency that he doesn t like including the federal trade and federal communications commissions. within those agencies, the times is reporting that trump intends to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. among trump s other top targets would be the state department, defense department, and the intelligence agencies. to replace people who he has deemed part of the, quote, sick political class that hates our country. now, all of this would be done under the framework of a decades old conservative legal theory,