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Trump’s ‘bald power grab’ could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear

www.theguardian.com Trump’s ‘bald power grab’ could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear

Little-noticed order that gives US president powers far beyond mere oversight denounced as ‘breathtaking’

Trump’s ‘bald power grab’ could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear

Trump’s executive order stripped agencies of their independence by making them directly accountable to a part of the presidency: the office of management and budget (OMB). The OMB is led by Russell Vought, founder of the rightwing Center for Renewing America (CRA) thinktank and one of the primary authors of the Project 2025 plan for an authoritarian takeover of government.

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