US President Trump takes advantage of the government’s closure as a “unprecedented opportunity” to consolidate control at the Oval Office, accelerating the tendency to uncontrolled power, Axios notes.

Many Democrats consider Shutdown as a necessary evil to stop – or at least to slow down – the violation of rules and independent institutions by Trump.

So far, however, the confrontation seems to encourage the US president.

Opportunity for layoffs

Trump said he met on Thursday with the head of the White House budget, RAS BODin order to discuss which “democratic services” will have to undergo cuts by presenting the closure as an opportunity to reduce the federal workforce that Trump has long been hostile.

Challenging the Democrats, Trump proudly referred to the role of Bot in Project 2025 -the far -right plan for the expansion of the executive power that Trump renounced during the election campaign after turning into political burden.

For Bot, the closure of the government offers a unique opportunity: a vibrant test of theories that have perfected for years, on how to weaken Congress, liquidation of bureaucracy and concentration of power in the presidency.

Already, BOT has announced the termination of funding of nearly $ 8 billion for pure energy projects in 16 states, which voted all in favor of Kamala Harris in 2024 and have its senators Party party.

It has also frozen $ 18 billion in New York city infrastructure projects, an attack on the minority leader in the Senate Chuck Sumer and the minority leader in Parliament, Hakim Jeffris.

Legal disputes are inevitable: Congress controls budget power and federal officials have warned that BOT’s plans for mass layoffs during its shutdown They may violate the credit law.

Trump’s recent moves

Recently, the US president has been succeeded in all, in an attempt to gain uncontrolled power.

In an unprecedented party speech this week, Trump told more than 800 generals and admirals to prepare for a “war” against domestic “enemies”, urging them to treat the cities of America as “education fields”.

In addition, the government is calling on universities to sign a 10 -point “agreement” that will provide privileged access to federal funding if educational institutions agree to freeze tuition fees, apply strict gender definitions and limit international students.

Meanwhile, a few days after the public pressure on Trump at the General Prosecutor Pam Bodi To recite accusations to his political enemies, the Ministry of Justice is charging for former FBI director James Comey. Other enemies of Trump, such as New York Prosecutor Lefsia James and Senator Adam Sif, are under investigation.

Trump has also encouraged the Justice Ministry to explore the Open Society Foundations of the great Democratic donor George Soros as part of the suppression of liberal teams after the assassination of Charlie Kerk.

Trump demanded last week by Microsoft to dismiss the head of her international affairs, Lisabecause he had served in the Biden government -a reminder that even business giants are not unaffected by political retaliation. Trump had previously called on Intel’s chief executive to resign due to alleged ties with China, but did back after the US -US government was acquired by the microprocessor manufacturing company.

In addition to all of the above, several government websites blame the Democrats or the “radical left” of closing the government.

The conclusion? With or without the closure of the government, Trump methodically eliminates the independence of the institutions that once controlled the executive.