Trump signs executive order to pay TSA workers after House rejects funding bill

Joe Biden didn't let him.

"The White House said money to pay TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year, which funneled billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS — money that has kept immigration enforcement agents paid throughout the shutdown" So, yes, they could have paid them the same as they paid the ICE brownshirts, they just didn't want to.

They're going to spin it as having to reject the Senate version for "being unreasonable and putting Americans at risk" so it had to be rejected but Trump, magnanimous and generous as he is, is "pulling money out of his own pocket" to pay poor TSA workers. The propaganda about all of this from everyone has basically been that the mean ol' grinchy Dems don't want to pay TSA agents in order to protect criminal illegals, same as the last shutdown.

Believe me Fox News already spun it as a positive a couple days ago. The MAGA cult already downloaded the latest patch. It’s actually the democrats fault surprisingly 🙄

He did it on purpose to get the SAVE act passed and privatize the TSA. Trump is a shit politician who only employs tactics like threats, retreats, bluster, and naps.  Dude spends his time in cabinet meetings alternating between fishing for compliments, falling asleep, and blabbering about custom $5 Sharpies. I don't want to say Trump is the source of all our problems, just that if he went away the government would do something to make moat them less problematic and the rest would all be solveable.

He can’t actually pay the TSA. There isn’t enough free cash in DHS to even cover one pay period. He is desperate. 

And he specifically blocked attempts to.

"The White House said money to pay TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year, which funneled billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS — money that has kept immigration enforcement agents paid throughout the shutdown." What better time to give TSA a pay increase?

elon's gonna dig under his couch cushions />.<\\ we all good

I think that's the goal. It would make the Project 2025 folks very happy for the executive to subsume even more power from other branches of government.

Ok, but if everyone does what he says whether it's "legal" or not, then the words "he can't do that" have no meaning. I'm really getting sick of Trump doing something illegal, his minions go ahead and do it, and the public just goes BUT THAT'S NOT LEGAL. It doesn't matter if "Congress needs to approve the funds". Trump said move the money and his people will do it, and congress will just say YOU CANT DO THAT while they go ahead and do that. You are correct though, in that Congress right now serves no purpose and conceded all their authority to the executive branch.

While that is definitely true it might actually not be completely illegal this time? The BBB gave DHS 75 extra billion dollars than they normally get to be spent over the next four years which was meant to spent on ICE but the DHS secretary might be able to spend it on TSA? I’m not sure. The government has never been this stupid before.

If the BBB appropriated billions to DHS (particularly ICE) it seems trivial to use that money. They spend like drunken sailors but it’s not out of the realm of possibility to use those excess funds.

Sir or ma'am, you're under the assumption that the President understands the constitution and the power/responsibilities of the three branches of government. I'm here to tell you that he doesn't.

Yep, but now it sets it up that if anyone pushes back on this frankly unconstitutional manner of moving funds, they’ll be portrayed as “against paying TSA agents”. So therefore few will actually oppose it. And *that* will set a fun new precedent going forward that surely won’t f*** us all over tenfold!

Yes. It was the Senate GOP's turn for a meaningless vote so they can say "See!? We tried to help!" While on the campaign trail.

The same reason Bidens bipartisan border bill got killed - Trump wanted credit for doing it instead

Trump throwing Mike Johnson under the bus

Now he gets to say he brought them back to work while democrats didn’t. It’s all about lying and ego.

Way too many are dumb enough to fall for it.

Republicans create the problem they claim to fix often. It’s a top move. When they aren’t busy projecting their evilness into hypothetical situations to get people to sign away their freedom they’re side stepping issues they’ve actually created.

Are US residents this under-informed and lacking in skepticism to believe this SOS ( Save Our Ship) that Republicans plus pres47 freiends&family are transmitting? This crowd of individuals simply do not care about their constiuents (of any party affiliation) or their duty to govern. Incompetence and cowardice reign.

We’re also not supposed to go to war without congress approval and look how that’s going.

This is trump rescuing TSA from a crisis that trump created. The rejection by johnson and GOP was performative politics.

Trump can do whatever he wants according to the SCOTUS. We don't need a congress anymore.

Because Republicans and MAGA hate Americans. They want their version over all.

Because they have perks.(congress and the senate) Remove those perks  and watch how strongly they'll fight for the rest of the population.  

That's the best part. Legally, he can't. F****** gets away with it anyway.

I mean, he is defying the constitution. He has no power to pay people without a congressionally approved budget. He is breaking the law again.

There isn’t enough free money to cover even one pay period, let alone the back pay. In typical Trump fashion, he’s setting himself up for a huge embarrassment just so “this afternoon’s headlines” are marginally better. 

Step 1.5: make it painful for all Americans to gain attention

He didn't solve a problem. He has no money to pay for this. There is no budget and congress approves the budget. If any money gets spent for pay as a result of this EO, then he has successfully eroded the separation of state once again.

Is it solved though? All I heard is he is going to pay them what they are due. What about next paycheck?

Exactly this Ask MAGA ... So why did he wait 40 days if it was legal to do anyway I always ask "Why Now?" Iran war, removing sanctions, etc... Why not day 1?

But that doesn't say The King can't just do whatever he wants.... they're gonna have to make new laws for having a king.

By law and ideally, yes. This administration does not give AF though and does whatever it wants while congress does nothing about it.

Yes. The EO is illegal

Yes, but Congress over the last several decades, has ceded power to the Executive Branch. This is just another example. It's also not going to be good optics to run to the courts and argue that the TSA shouldn't get paid.

Better question: if he can do this *now*, wtf did he make those people go weeks/months without pay, without food for kids, without money for gas to get to their very important job? There are so many questions that not only go unanswered, but also unasked. We need to hold the press accountable for glossing over so many important parts and giving an impression that the GOP is functioning and doing their jobs. They are not.

Order Congressional Republicans not to pass the bill that would pay your TSA then use that as an excuse to power grab by appropriating funds for something else. which to my understanding isn't something your president has the legal power to do. Then good luck to anyone who challenges this illegal actions since they'll just blame you for not paying the people.

I seriously doubt they are going to get paid. It's like if he signed an executive order to make the sun less bright.

Exactly. This seems like a roundabout way to have his secret police standing guard for people trying to leave.

Apparently it is now. Goddamn dictator.

He can’t. There is no budget. He’s blowing through any discretionary spending with military strikes.

The Republicans will probably try to swing it that they were the advocates for this whole thing, not the ones blocking it. And people will buy it. And it will suck

Never underestimate what racists are willing to vote for

I think that would violate the Geneva convention, so you might be right.