Trump Is Getting Creative to Bypass Congress

“President Trump wants to spend. He also wants, where possible, to avoid congressional interference and bigger deficits. Enter the balance sheet,” Axios reports.

“The president is going through the couch cushions of government — $200 billion from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgage bonds, $20 billion from a Treasury fund for Argentina — to advance his policy priorities.”

“Critics say it’s nontraditional at best, and autocrat-adjacent at worst.”