Also could he tear down all of Trumps bullshit in his or her first year? Rent out the Lincoln Bedroom give all money to charity? And weaponize the IRS to strictly go after the top 5% of American’s and give it to the middle class?

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    the defense dept ‘owns’ camp david.

    all of the bullshit policy and ‘executive orders’ could be undone in a day (implementation of changes will take time, though). legislation and court decisions will take longer, perhaps much longer, to ‘undo’.

    turning the white house into an airbnb wouldn’t be allowed for security reasons (among other things).

    policy can be made, and without congressional oversight, over how tax enforcement and evasion investigations go. legislation would be needed, though, to ‘give’ the proceeds back to the ‘middle class’ by way of tax credits or somesuch.

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      Correct me if I am wrong but did not Clinton pimp out the Lincoln Bedroom or airbnb as you call it?

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    Technically, yes, but look what happened to Kennedy for merely trying to pump the brakes on Vietnam. They shot him in front of his family and the public.

    Way oversimplified, but the rich and powerful people you’re suggesting going after have deep pockets and a lot of resources. Trump didn’t just get elected because people hate brown people and the gays. He’s not the Klan’s man (he is but not exclusively or primarily), he’s the rich man’s man.

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      What if I never left the White House? Did everything thru phone calls, email, and the net. And just worked my ass off to shape or reshape America that actually lives of to the name of Leader of The Free World?

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    The real problem here is that policy by decree (aka executive order) must end.
    POTUS concentrates way too much power, it’s hardly a state of law anymore. And that all started long before even Trump1.0.

    Your scenario is for a better cause, but it’s still POTUS alone doing what they want.

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    No on the Camp David Question, yes on the second question, no on the rest of the questions.

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      I always wondered if the Pres. could get all the union construction workers to put it back together in six months and redo the bitches rose garden.