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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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285 points ridruejo | 4 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:32 UTC] No.45893811[source]▶
The United States does not have a "Department of War".
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thaunatos ◴[11 Nov 25 22:35 UTC] No.45893832[source]▶
It does. https://www.war.gov/
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:43 UTC] No.45893909[source]▶
Bad news. Trump and Hegseth do not have the authority to rename the Department of Defense, no matter what they put on a Web site. That requires an act of Congress, which hasn't happened. And probably won't, because even if they could convince Congress to do it, that would require them to ask... and their whole modus operandi is based around pretending to have authority they don't have.

Calling it the Department of War is accepting that Trump's the King.

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Loughla ◴[11 Nov 25 23:21 UTC] No.45894273[source]▶
The ada.gov website has a banner that reads, "Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated."

Trump is the king.

Edit: To be clear, I think it's complete and utter garbage. I'm assuming people think I think it's a good thing? It's not a good thing. At all.

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1. tomrod ◴[11 Nov 25 23:27 UTC] No.45894321[source]▶
No, Trump has a minor fiefdom district and some authority for services the states and their representatives agreed to let the federal government execute.

He is not king.

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2. jfengel ◴[12 Nov 25 00:05 UTC] No.45894631[source]▶
He is routinely violating laws, so quickly that there isn't enough room in the courts for all of them.

"King" is inaccurate, but correctly implies the degree to which the law does not apply to him.

3. Loughla ◴[12 Nov 25 00:25 UTC] No.45894814[source]▶
My point was that he is acting like a king. And if he's allowed to act like a king, checks and balances don't mean anything.

Which makes him the king.

Turns out, letting government operate on a system of agreements that require appropriate behavior instead of clear consequences for this type of behavior is a bad idea.

4. jcattle ◴[12 Nov 25 12:51 UTC] No.45899520[source]▶
If Congress tells the Executive: "Here's some money, spend it on USAID to stabilize regions in which the US Army operates and are of strategic importance". And the Executive says, "thanks for the money! I will spend it on whatever the hell I choose." And congress just belly flops over the next time they pass a budget, without checking that overreach of power, the Executive looks more and more like a king.

You voted for congress, but apparently congress doesn't matter anymore.