Subject: Re: Trump orders DOJ to go after oil companies
Do you honestly think that DJT can do what he says he’s going to do with all of our checks and balances and constitutional safeguards?

The answer was no, and that answer was correct. It's true today. Trump has lost access to the tariff power he desperately craves, he can't get the SAVE act passed, has been completely constrained by the anti-impoundment act, he can't get funding for his slush fund, can't get the interest rate policy he wants, he can't get many of his preferred appointments into office, he was forced to abandon even the most tinpot dictator move of putting his name on the local performing art center, etc. The Presidency is powerful, but a lot of governent power doesn't rest in the Presidency, and Trump can't change that.

Other than personally enriching himself and winning a lot of culture war points, he's done shockingly little that will survive past when he leaves office if he is succeeded by a democrat. Because he's bad at Presidenting.

The main thing he did differently was to decide to torch his relationship with every other power center in the government in favor of just doing what he wants. No past Presidents have done this, because they were all smart enough to realize the limitations of the office will render your Presidency very small if you try to go it completely alone.