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Trump’s Scorched-Earth Plot for Lame Duck Years Revealed
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump plans to aggressively use his presidential powers in his final two years to punish political enemies, strengthen the MAGA movement, and cement his legacy, according to Axios.
- White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and budget director Russ Vought are involved in drafting executive orders aimed at bypassing Congress to advance controversial policies on migration, tariffs, and government spending.
- Trump intends to intimidate the new Democratic-controlled Congress, which plans investigations into him, by launching a preemptive legal offensive targeting Democrats for prosecution.
- He plans to utilize newly upheld Supreme Court powers to fire federal agency heads as part of his campaign against what he calls the “deep state.”
- Despite initial conciliatory gestures after the midterms, Trump has recently revived baseless election-fraud claims, signaling a continuation of his confrontational approach through the remainder of his presidency.
