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thecrusher2011, Impoundment: Nixon had tried to block Congress when it did things — passed laws — that he didn’t like or disagreed with. And in that context, David Dayen goes on to lay out exactly why what Trump and Vought are attempting to do here is not just dangerous, but illegal. This is breaking the law, pure and simple — illegal and unconstitutional.

To state clearly, Congress has the constitutional power of the purse. Presidents can sign or veto a budget; that’s the extent of their role. After that, they must take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Refusing to spend money because of a policy preference is the opposite of faithful execution. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel in 1988 agreed that there just isn’t any authority for presidents to defy appropriated funding.

How is government meant to work? Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that agencies are meant to call OMB director Russell Vought and ask, hat in hand.
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In private life Trump called himself the "King of debt." Borrow huge, blame it on the economy when he fails. Renegotiate, pay a fraction back. Trump cheated everybody he did business with. Not only contractors and others Trump owed money to, but banks. Trump cheated all those he owed money to:

“How do you renegotiate the debt?” O’Donnell followed up.

“You go back and you say, hey guess what, the economy crashed,” Trump replied. “I’m going to give you back half.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-king-of-debt-224642

And, he doesn't give a fuck about ordinary citizens:

“I’m running a business, you’ve got to understand. I’m running a business,” Trump said when asked if those bankruptcies had hurt average Americans. “I’m running a business for myself, for my company, for my employees and for my family.”

Trump, presented by O’Donnell with reports from independent economists who say his proposals would balloon the national debt by $30 trillion, also said his plans would reverse the flow of corporations and jobs leaving the United States. He said he would turn the U.S. into an attractive destination for businesses by lowering tax rates.

“Companies now are leaving the United States, corporate inversion, they’re leaving the United States. We have almost five trillion dollars sitting out there, they can’t get the money back,” he said. “They can’t bring it in because there’s no mechanism to bring it back in and the tax is so high. I’m going to bring tremendous amount of money, tremendous amounts of jobs, tremendous amounts of companies.”
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Musk and Trump are acting illegally:

And Trump is more concerned in feeding his 'culture war' pets than he is about the national debt. First term? , huge unfunded tax cuts most wealthy, peanuts for others, and lies lies lies and more lies:

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years
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Trump was able to just not pay contractors and others and was able to cheat banks by negotiating.

Now Trump can't negotiate with Congress because he is too weak,

Failing to get his wants through Congress would make him look weak, so he doesn't try.
As Ezra Klein said he's acting like a king, because he is too weak to act like a president.
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so he gets Musk to act illegally to grab some money back.

In private life Trump cheated all he owed money, in government he, with McConnell, earlier created an authoritarian-like imbalanced SCOTUS so now he is acting illegally to get the debt back which he largely contributed to. Because he is too weak to negotiate with Congress.

He lied to the people to gain the presidency, now he acts illegally to cheat the people even more.