Donald I, emperor of the world.

[Pross]

He’d happily get rid of the SCOTUS, and place himself as supreme power.

It sounds like they are seeing the way the wind is blowing and aren’t prepared to be his get out of jail free card (or doing their job as Trump would see it) which is hopefully a good sign.

 

[Pinno718]

Well then...

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Sadly, $5m is peanuts to Trump.
Perhaps he simply paid up to stop the noise around it.

 

[Pinno718]

He’d happily get rid of the SCOTUS, and place himself as supreme power.

Yes.

Unfortunately:

Reuters:

The Supreme Court vastly expanded presidential power over the federal bureaucracy by allowing the president to fire members of independent agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), at will. This decision dismantles a nearly century-old precedent designed to insulate these agencies from executive and political influence. [1, 2, 3]

Key Rulings and Implications

• Removal of Protections: The justices struck down the 1935 precedent established in Humphrey's Executor, which previously restricted the president's ability to remove heads of independent regulatory agencies. [1, 2, 3]
• The Unitary Executive: The ruling aligns with the "unitary executive theory," a legal doctrine that grants the president supreme authority over the entire executive branch, allowing them to fire and replace officials without needing to show cause. [1]
• Broader Deregulation: This decision continues a trend of the Supreme Court shifting regulatory power away from administrative agencies. [1]

 

[icowden]

More crowds at the State Fair:

 

[icowden]

In other news, Trump's Supreme Court just ruled that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) may not be independent any more thus destroying all deals with Europe around transfer of personal data and wrecking the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers

 

[icowden]

And in other other news, Trump scores yet another own goal by comparing himself in military uniform to Obama...

 

[AndyRM]

Perhaps those bone spurs snapped off and spread to his brain?