Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers.
I’d generally call his vision an Americanized version of fascism, and it seems to be shared by a broad swath of the Republican leadership and billionaire donors.
But the term is his, and it’s what he’s using to rationalize his plans. He’s not declaring that he/Trump are declaring a post-constitutional doctrine, but that we’re already living in one and thus he’s justified in his radical reinterpretations of it.