If there was ever any doubt of Trump’s intentions should he win the White House again, he and his staff have put all of those doubts to rest.

An article originating in The New York Times and reprinted on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 in The Seattle Times outlines his aims with astonishing clarity. I am quoting from that article: “Donald Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands… Mr. Trump and his associates have a broader goal: to alter the balance of power by increasing the president’s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates, by either law or tradition, with any measure of independence from political interference by the White House, according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews with people close to him…. He wants to revive the practice of “impounding” funds, refusing to spend money Congress has appropriated for programs a president doesn’t like — a tactic that lawmakers banned under President Richard Nixon.”

This is a three-quarter page article so I am not including nearly all of it here for obvious reasons. Suffice it to say that if this man should gain the White House in 2025, he plans to be there until he dies. Make no mistake, his plan has always been to destroy our democracy and become the absolute ruler he sees himself as. It has also been made abundantly clear that there are many, many Republicans who will happily go along with his plans. Just sayin’.

Larry Benson

Enumclaw