This Week in Democracy – Week 41: Trump Threatens Even More Troops on the Streets
Last week it was a ballroom; this week it was a bathroom. While 42 million low-income Americans worried about whether they would lose their food assistance benefits, Donald Trump was posting about the White House bathroom he just renovated. “Highly polished, Statuary marble!” he declared, along with two dozen photos. Fortunately, two federal judg
es were looking out for Americans, with one outrightly ruling that the Trump administration must use emergency funds to at least partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the shutdown. Thank goodness for brave judges. Thankfully, at least some levers of democracy are still functioning. Posting about toilets, bathtubs, and marble wasn’t all that Trump and his cronies were up to. Beyond attempting to leverage food benefits for their own gain, Trump and his allies continued to take a number of other actions that hurt democracy, harm people, and undermine the Constitution.
