Miles Taylor, a former member of the “resistance” in the Trump administration, expressed concerns about the potential abuse of presidential powers by Donald Trump if he were to be re-elected.
Taylor warned that Trump could use emergency powers to shut down companies, turn off the internet, or deploy the military on U.S. soil.
He also mentioned a “doomsday book” inside the White House that could be used for domestic political purposes. (Trending: Obama Reveals His Fear For Joe Ahead Of 2024)
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Jen Psaki said Trump could potentially “use the levers of government to bend to his will.”
“You’ve worked in government. What scares you the most?” she asked Taylor.
“The possibilities are almost limitless,” Taylor stated.
“The biggest concerns for me are on the national security side. I think Americans still don’t understand the full extent of the president’s powers, and things Donald Trump could do, bubble-wrapped in legalese, that could be damaging to the republic.”
“It’s the president’s most extraordinary powers,” Taylor said of a “doomsday book,” emphasizing that it “could be picked up by Trump and used for domestic political purposes.”
“He could invoke powers we’ve never heard a President of the United States invoke – potentially to shut down companies or turn off the internet or deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil,” he said.
“We don’t know, because the things that are in there, the emergency powers of the president, aren’t widely known to the American people.”
“That’s a big worry for people like me and others who worry about what he could do. But that weaponization of government could extend across the interagency to places we haven’t seen it before – the Department of Education, the Department of Veterans Affairs – ways to wield that power and those budgets to help his allies and to hurt his enemies,” he added.
Other Trump critics, such as Liz Cheney and Michael Cohen, have also made dire predictions about the potential outcomes of a second Trump presidency.
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