This executive order potentially bolsters the police with military personnel and assets (illegally, for what that's worth), and IMO directs local police against their state representatives / citizens.

This was after he sent a letter saying that he wanted to decide who gets fired, hired, enrolled, expelled and what is taught. He tried to take over Harvard like a dictator.

"We have to take care of our farmers, the hotels and, you know, the various places where they tend to, where they tend to need people," Trump said.

Look forward to MAGA claiming that they always wanted amnesty, migrant labor, and to not deport people taking jobs away from Americans.

Additional "fact" sheets. (Bull sheets?)

"Tariffs Work — and President Trump’s First Term Proves It"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/tariffs-work-and-president-trumps-first-term-proves-it/

"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security "

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/

"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Closes De Minimis Exemptions to Combat China’s Role in America’s Synthetic Opioid Crisis"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-closes-de-minimis-exemptions-to-combat-chinas-role-in-americas-synthetic-opioid-crisis/

"Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/further-amendment-to-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china-as-applied-to-low-value-imports/

Who benefits? The usual circle jerk:

"President Trump’s Bold Trade Action Draws Praise"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/president-trumps-bold-trade-action-draws-praise/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27643881

Trump is taking lessons from Darth Vader.

Play stupid games. Win cash prizes.

Who needs new cars anyway. Not me. My car only leaks one quart of oil per 20 miles.

You may remember him from defrauding the Oglala Nation trube. Trump loves fraudsters.