{"id":14823,"date":"2026-02-02T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14823"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:25:12","slug":"forget-project-2025-trump-is-following-king-georges-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14823","title":{"rendered":"Forget Project 2025 \u2014 Trump is following King George\u2019s playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.jpg 778w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Americans are superficially familiar with the Declaration of Independence, especially its opening affirmations that we are all created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. But the entire document is worth reading now that the country is struggling against a would-be king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its entirety, the declaration reads like the articles of impeachment Congress should consider today. Most of it describes 27 ways in which the 13 colonies believed King George III and the British Parliament were violating their liberties. It is interesting how many describe what Donald Trump is doing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For one thing, it says \u201cHe has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.\u201d Trump has repeatedly violated laws \u2014 for example, by firing hundreds of thousands of civil servants against their statutory protections and abolishing agencies created by Congress. The Supreme Court encouraged this by ruling that former presidents are immune from prosecution for unlawful acts they commit while performing official duties. Unfortunately, the court provided little guidance on how to define \u201cofficial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has forbidden his Governors,\u201d the declaration continues, \u201cto pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump uses executive orders to preempt state laws. Last April, he accused states of \u201cextortion\u201d for passing laws limiting pollution that causes climate change, and ordered the Justice Department to stop states from enforcing them. He has blocked congressionally appropriated federal funds for states with diversity programs and other policies he doesn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson: Republicans OPEN To ICE Reforms As DHS Funding Feud Fuels Government Shutdown | TRENDING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly,\u201d the declaration says, \u201cfor opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has not \u201cdissolved\u201d Congress or state legislators, but he has threatened the careers of lawmakers whose \u201cmanly firmness\u201d in opposition to him he doesn\u2019t like. He has pick-pocketed Congress\u2019s purse by impounding or redirecting congressional appropriations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Americans are superficially familiar with the Declaration of Independence, especially its opening affirmations that we are all created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. But the entire document is worth reading now that the country is struggling against a would-be king. 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