""I'm going to do it," said Trump.
Really?
HOW?
That's not a rhetorical question. It's a Constitutional one.
Payroll is issued by the Treasury ONLY. And the Treasury can only draw money and issue payments from the General Fund via law, i.e. legislation signed into law by the President. And the whole damn issue here is that legislation. The legislation Trump himself has now ordered Republicans to reject eight times.
So, where is Trump taking that money from?
Because it's not allocated by Congress via legislation. If orders the Treasury to pay TSA, and those payments go out, then he's bypassing the Constitution, Article 1, Sections 7, 8, and 9. The Appropriations Clause is specifically a check on executive power, directing that no money can be drawn from the Treasury unless authorized by law.
And there no law, because Trump himself repeatedly killed the legislation as extortion to force Congress to pass the SAVE Act.
Trump can't just issue an Executive Order to pay TSA, because no matter where the money comes from, it's illegal.
What's that?
Yes, I know legality doesn't matter anymore.
I know the Constitution doesn't matter anymore.
And I know a lot of Americans just don't care."
