"During the past week alone, federal judges across the country have rejected some of the most important and far-reaching of Trump's initiatives-from his efforts to reshape the global economy with tariffs and mobilize the military to act as police in American cities to his refusal to spend billions of dollars in congressionally appropriated funds."
"I'm not sure that this week's epic losing streak has received the attention it deserves, no doubt in part because America had other things to worry about, such as whether Trump was actually alive, despite all the internet rumors. It speaks to the present moment that the President is not only very much still with us but has already started fund-raising off the social-media frenzy surrounding his supposed death over Labor Day weekend. ("These rumors are just another desperate attack from the failing left who can't stand that we're WINNING and bigly!" the e-mail pitch that arrived in my inbox on Thursday morning said.) But what does it say about the state of things that disputing rumors of his death turns out to be a welcome distraction from underlying political realities for Trump?"
"an American President is not a king-not even an 'elected' one."
Federal judges nationwide have blocked major initiatives by President Donald Trump, including tariffs, domestic military deployments, and withholding congressionally appropriated funds. Courts have issued stern rebukes and underscored constitutional limits, with one judge noting that an American president is not a king. The President has invoked alleged emergencies to justify expansive executive actions that judges find unsupported. The President has also leveraged social-media rumors for fundraising. Approval ratings for the President are historically low as he enters the first fall of a second term with a disruptive agenda and an uncertain political future.
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