Donald Trump has fired all six members of an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing his controversial White House ballroom and planned “Arc de Trump” in Washington DC.
The Commission of Fine Arts was established in 1910, and is tasked with “giving expert advice to the President, the Congress and the federal and District of Columbia governments on matters of design and aesthetics”, according to its website.
Its purview includes reviewing designs proposed for memorials and new or renovated government buildings, and the commission is intended to be staffed by experts in art, architecture and urban design. There is no indication about whom Trump plans to appoint to the commission.
Maybe it’s just me, but if the president can fire them at a whim and replace them with whoever he wants, they don’t seem very “independent.”
You noticed that too, eh? It’s almost like he doesn’t want independent thought.
Right now, everyone is terrified of the actual President, Stephen Miller.
Mr. Trump is just a loudmouthed figurehead with dementia that runs interference.
When no one will hold you accountable. There’s nothing you can’t do. Nothing is illegal. Trump has fired thousands of people he had no power or right to. All because Republicans are fascistic sycophantic enablers.
very true. Compare this, to what’s happening in the Fed; Trump is having issues removing multiple figures and being challenged in court.
If we come back from this, we need to codify so many more rules and create significantly more independent bodies so another Republican doesn’t do this shit again.
I don’t see us coming back from this with the system we have in place.
The upsides are that trump and his cabal are idiots. Yeah they do have a lot of resources, and power, but they don’t know how to wield it well, or they let their egos makes important decisions.
Will we come back from this? Idk, but their stupidity will be our only saving grace.
Idiocy is pretty standard for fascism. Previously it took outside forces to de-nazify governments, but I don’t see that happening with the US.
And we know they would be the problem, that’s for sure. Democrats tend to practice decorum and decency, sometimes to a fault.