Trump’s presidential philosophy is the government’s shakedown | Steven Greenhouse

oneMei Mei has long glorified their constitution and rule of law. But Donald Trump’s turmoil and storm president increasingly replaces this philosophy with something very different – calling it “shakedown’s administration.”

Trump often violates federal law, sometimes the Constitution, because he has been trying to put his goals (whether it is a university, a law firm or a trading partner in the United States) in the hope that they can cry and agree to his request. This style of governance will make any Kudilo proud. But this should make anyone who cares about the rule of law (avoids of autocratic rule).

By threatening to undermine the financial situation of the university or the country’s exports, Trump has become the emperor of Shakedowns worldwide. It was great for him and for his ego. He dominated the negotiations and news cycles, and his White House cheerleaders were eager to announce a deal with one of his goals.

Trump claims many universities are not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism, and he demands that Harvard, Columbia, Brown and other universities obey his right-wing vision. Trump is angry that some law firms have hired people he doesn’t like or those who file a lawsuit, and Trump has taken unprecedented steps to attack them unless they ask for it. Trump has wreak havoc on global diplomacy and supply chains by threatening to reach a trade deal with Washington.

Too many Americans (both senators, media, or the public) are unaware that Trump’s attack on these institutions is clearly a violation of the law. The federal district court has Rule in four cases Trump’s extensive infringement of their right to freedom of speech by law firms. The US Court of International Trade ruled that Trump Dozens of countries are illegalconcludes that Congress has not given him “unlimited authority” to issue tariffs on nearly every country. (The government filed a lawsuit against the ruling.)

As for Trump’s cut billions of dollars in aid and research grants over alleged failures against anti-Semitism Unable to comply With the anti-discrimination laws, the government requires that specific procedures must be followed before penalizing universities, such as giving schools a chance to hear. Furthermore, federal law says the government can stop funding only on finding specific university programs that do not meet the violation, rather than to keep scientific research far from it.

Last week, Trump expanded his efforts. He told chip maker NVIDIA that he would only get it to sell high-end AI computer chips to China when he paid 15% of the revenue from sales to the U.S. Treasury. Nvidia agrees, even if Trump calls Is suspicious legality;The Constitution prohibits the government from imposing taxes on exports.

Trump also threatened Brazil with 50% tariffs unless it stopped prosecuting its right-wing former president, Jair Bolsinaro, allegedly trying to overthrow Brazil’s presidential election. When Brazil’s current president rejected the request, he said Trump should not tell sovereign democracy how to run its judicial system, Trump imposes 50% tariffs. Trump’s move is an outrage as he tries to stick with our long-term allies in how to run his judicial system, because as Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden put it, it’s “it’s”Far beyond his legal authority”.

Many lawyers were shocked and frustrated when Weiss, a law firm in litigation, reached a deal with Trump instead of fighting him. Paul, Weiss promises to provide Trump $40 million in free legal services He tried to weaken the company by suspending its security permit and forbidding his attorneys from leaving federal buildings. All in all, nine law firms have reached an agreement with Trump Pro Bono services nearly $1 billion . Some legal experts say the deals are illegal – a Yale law professor said: “You signed a contract Put a gun on your head Not a contract.”

Colombia has arrived $221 million settlement Brown reached a $50 million deal under the Trump administration. While denying any responsibility, Colombia vowed to “work in multiple ways to fight” anti-Semitism and other “Colombian forms of hatred and intolerance.” The university also promises Not used “race, color, gender or nationality” in recruitment decisions and say that its admission policy will be valuable and will not be “illegal priority applicants based on race, color or nationality”.

Colombian officials praised part of the deal – Trump administration Agree to cancel $1.3 billion in funding. Freeze the research program that is destroying Colombia.

But David Pozen, professor of constitutional law in Colombia Condemn the transactionsaid “give legal form to the ransomware program.” Pozen described it as “the first ever funding to universities that ended Congressional grants to them to punish universities and prompted them to adopt comprehensive reforms without any pretending to follow the mandatory procedures of Congress.” Pozen criticized this kind of successive transaction governance as “compulsory”, “arbitrary”, “very vulnerable to corruption” and “corrosion of democratic order and the law itself.”

We should not be shocked by Trump’s actions. He likes to trade and the Lord in others and has long followed the law. But we should be shocked by the way the actions of the government, Congress and the two other common equal branches of the Supreme Court are shown. They essentially made a turn for the sake of Trump’s ruling.

Republican lawmakers in Congress are eager to sit in their hands, and Trump promotes inflation and undermines economic growth by forcing tariffs in more than 90 countries, despite strict restrictions imposed by Congress and when and how the president imposes tariffs. Republicans vow never to raise taxes, but don’t fool themselves: Trump’s tariffs are a sales tax that is back to sales tax, which is the worst Americans. Republican lawmakers are also quiet as rats, while Trump uses sabotage balls to threaten major universities – institutions play a vital role in making the United States World leaders in medicine and many other fields Research.

The Supreme Court is a strange, worrying silence, and Trump’s ruling, even if many district court judges show a lot of spine, for example, rulings, for example, Trump’s comprehensive tariffs and attacks on law firms are illegal. When the Supreme Court wants to move quickly, it is often found a way. It would be great if the courts took action to protect the rule of law, university and academic freedom. The court can and should issue a ruling as soon as possible to make Trump violate Chapter 6 of the Civil Rights Act because his requirements were not followed until the university’s funds were frozen. Likewise, courts could significantly reduce the economic chaos Trump has been quick to uphold the trade court ruling that Trump has surpassed his power to impose tariffs. But the High Court is passive. Even obey.

Congress and the Supreme Court need to wake up, strengthen and enact laws. They have to block Trump’s rule through Shakedown, which often involves capricious, striking transactions that ignore our legal rules and standards. Americans need to realize Trump’s Governance style Dangerously erodes our rule of law and democracy.

• Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and writer focusing on labor and workplaces, as well as economic and legal issues