ANALYSIS — As he marks the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump and his team have taken an unprecedented approach on using executive power to craft and alter federal policy — essentially concocting a road map for future administrations to orchestrate end runs around Congress.
And by exploiting a Republican-controlled legislative branch’s disinterest in and unwillingness to enforce its authority, the 47th president has set precedents that future chief executives could use to yank even more power from Congress.
That would be especially true, as is the case now, when a president’s party controls both chambers of Congress. From moves such as instituting tariffs, attempting to scuttle multiple federal agencies, refusing to spend congressionally appropriated funds and arresting a Wisconsin judge who objected to his administration’s immigration policies, Trump 2.0 has been rewriting the rules that long policed the intersection of the White House and Congress.
