re: #284 FormerDirtDart

Trump’s not entirely wrong here on the constitutionality of what the sanctions bill contains. Congress is infringing on the power of the Executive (that pesky separation of powers thing). That they may have good cause to do so doesn’t mean they can ignore the Constitution. Then again, Trump can’t and shouldn’t ignore it either, and he signed it into law despite his clear statement that it was unconstitutional. That’s dereliction of duty on his part too. It is his obligation to veto the bill on those grounds, not to sign it and then bitch in a signing statement that it wasn’t constitutional.

Slate had a piece about this situation this morning.

Of course, the politics of vetoing a bill would have showed Trump’s hand too and he would have been labeled a Russia sympathizer and Putin puppet by even members of the GOP.

Trump’s weakness as an Executive continues to be exposed daily, and Congress is going to expand into the powers of the Executive and Trump is powerless to stop because he is so awful at what he’s doing.