Trump’s Power Play Isn’t New

Kyle Sammin: Trump isn’t an outlier — he’s the culmination of a trend

''At Donald Trump’s address to Congress in January, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held up a sign for the cameras that read 'this is not normal.'

Stansbury is partly right. Trump is certainly different from the ordinary run of American presidents, but that is part of the reason the people elected him.

But she’s also partly wrong. Trump is not a radical aberration, but the culmination of a trend in American governance that has seen the executive growing stronger and Congress growing weaker for nearly a hundred years..."

Kyle Sammin is a seasoned writer and lawyer, currently serving as Managing Editor at Broad + Liberty. His work has appeared in numerous prominent publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Federalist, and Philadelphia Weekly.

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