Column #499     March 21, 2025Constitution

Can you name the only person that’s voted into office by a majority of all of the American citizens?

All other elected representatives (national, state, county) are voted into office by small numbers of American citizens depending on where they live in the country. Nationally, congressmen come from districts and Senators come from states.

The one and only elected position that’s decided by a majority of all the people is the president. That’s why the presidency is called the executive position. The president speaks for the entire country and is charged with executing the laws of the land, the function of the government, and in dealing with foreign relations.

The legislative branches make laws, propose budgets, declare war, approve judges, and provide some oversight.

The powers of the President of the United States include signing or vetoing legislation, being Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, making treaties (with Senate approval), appointing federal officials, enforcing laws, and issuing executive orders to manage the operations of the federal government.1 2 3

If Trump wants to slash expenditures there is a structured way it can be done. It’s called impounding and that involves a request for the termination of any funding provided through the legislative process. That requires the president to send his request to Congress where they have 45 days to respond.4

This means that the way the law reads today, if Trump wants to bypass Congress to slash expenditures quickly, he must win his challenge of the impoundment control provisions of the 1974 law. He is claiming that the 1974 law is an unconstitutional encroachment on a president’s power to direct executive branch activities. Otherwise he will be limited to working with Congress where he currently has a small majority.5

It’s no wonder then, that in the past, even when presidents wanted to cut spending—they didn’t. Congressmen are not as focused on what’s best for the country as they are on what’s best for the people they serve in their districts. Their elections depend on local support and contributions to their campaigns. Therefore, if they do not bring home the bacon they may lose their Congressional seat. Their concern for other districts around the nation is secondary.

So, as it stands now, unless there is a favorable court ruling for the president (executive of the government) to manage expenditures and staffing independently of Congress’s greed, in all likelihood our government will collapse. It will literally suffocate under a mountain of debt, regulations, worthless currency, and its hoard of deep-state bureaucrats. It will not matter what the executive tries to do to prevent it. That’s because, without a favorable change in the law, the judiciary will continue to (try and) stop all of Trump’s efforts to manage the government like a business.

Since the Democrats have based their entire agenda for winning back power in Washington on Trump failing, there certainly won’t be any help coming from them to make America Great Again. Therefore, at the moment, America is structured to fail in spite of what the citizens want.

Our nation’s Constitution thwarts Trump’s efforts to protect taxpayers from the Deep State’s fraud, waste, and abuse. Apparently, the Founding Fathers didn’t believe the current state of affairs could happen where the corruption runs so deep.

To your health.

Ted Slanker

Ted Slanker has been reporting on the fundamentals of nutritional research in publications, television and radio appearances, and at conferences since 1999. He condenses complex studies into the basics required for health and well-being. His eBook, The Real Diet of Man, is available online.

For additional reading:

1. Trump Deputy Chief Of Staff Blasts Media Propagandists To Their Faces by Steve Watson from Modernity.news

2. Powers of the President of the United States from Wikipedia

3. Article II, Clause 1: What Exactly The Constitution Says About Presidential Executive Power by Eleanor Stratton from Constitutional Topics

4. There Is A Legal Path For The President To Impound Funds by Doug Criscitello from Forbes Magazine

5. Can a President Refuse to Spend Funds Approved by Congress? by Scott Bomboy from Constitution Center