When the Framers designed our government, they built in checks and balances for a reason: to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful. But Donald Trump has treated that system less like a guardrail and more like a speed bump. He’s not just bending the rules — he’s trampling Congress’s constitutional authority.

Time and again, Trump has taken actions that bypass Congress entirely. He’s launched military campaigns without authorization, withheld information from lawmakers, and even clawed back money Congress already approved. These aren’t small slip-ups. They’re full-on assaults on the separation of powers.

Take national security. The Pentagon recently blocked Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, from conducting oversight at a U.S. spy agency. That decision came after Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist, criticized the meeting. Think about that: a sitting senator, tasked with oversight, was sidelined because of pressure from a fringe influencer. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work.

Or let’s look at Venezuela. Armed forces

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