# Trump the impounder **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 18, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814 "2024-12-18T13:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814/21 "2024-12-20T15:23:25Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’ve long felt that they’ll go along to get along up to a point, but that when it starts being about _their_ power being usurped/taken via impoundments, they’ll stop toeing that line _ **real** _ quick. I can’t see Congress being excited about Trump deciding not to do what they say as Chief Executive, especially the Senate. But what are they going to do when Trump simply directs an agency not to spend funds appropriated by Congress? Sue? Impeach? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814/22 "2024-12-20T16:12:39Z")
I suppose if it comes to that, yeah. But more likely they’ll do what politicians do; refuse to fund/pass Trump’s pet projects in retribution. Quid pro quo is pretty much the name of the game, and that’s why I’m pretty sure they’re not going to roll over and show their bellies so easily. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814/23 "2024-12-21T16:56:05Z")
The new variable in this equation is that in addition to worries about losing their power, which may have been enough in the past to motivate their resistance, they now have to worry about their physical safety if they oppose him. Trump eggs his followers on to violence and they are eager to comply. People he doesn’t like get death threats and worse…it’s a well-known pattern. If the thought of losing their power isn’t enough to make recalcitrant legislators fall in line, the threat of them or their families losing their lives might be. And this is new. The lone unhinged crazy has always been with us but a president openly exhorting violence against his political opponents has not. And when he is gone, will that remain as a fixture of American politics? I hope not but I am very afraid for the future. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814/24 "2024-12-21T17:55:14Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Nor do I see the Supreme Court being on board with that either; I’m sure they’re jealous of their own power as well. The Supreme Court already agreed that the President could have them assassinated with impunity. It’s hard to get a much larger abrogation of power than that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-impounder/1011814.md?page=1)