The Daily Populous Tuesday February 4th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by ibtimes.com and submitted by PostHeraldTimes

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar says President Donald Trump is moving to form a dictatorship and is causing a Constitutional crisis.

The Minnesota Congresswoman made the statement at a Democratic news conference on Monday afternoon decrying the administration's decision to close the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development to staff.

"This is what the start of dictatorship looks like," Omar said. "When you gut the U.S. Constitution and you install yourself as the sole power, that is how dictators are made."

Democrats say that Trump does not have the authority to stop making payments that Congress has authorized.

"What Trump and Elon and all of their cronies are trying to do is take away the constitutional power of Congress," Omar said.

"We have the power of the purse," she added.

Omar noted that she had lived in a USAID-funded refugee camp in Kenya for four years as a child after fleeing Somalia

She says that the agency shows people around the world the compassion of the American people and creates goodwill.

At least 600 personnel said they were locked out of the USAID's database overnight while staffers with access received emails that said the headquarters "will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3," the Associated Press reported.

VanceKelley on February 3rd, 2025 at 21:31 UTC »

Historical note: Hitler staged a failed coup, was arrested, imprisoned, released and then was elected to become Germany's dictator.

This parallel isn't perfect since trump was never imprisoned.

GaimeGuy on February 3rd, 2025 at 20:51 UTC »

still not urgent enough phrasing in my opinion

e76 on February 3rd, 2025 at 20:51 UTC »

I mean it undoubtedly does. Trump is going to extraordinary lengths to consolidate power and has a loyal army of politicians backing him. This is not what a democratic leader does in his first two weeks of office. Can you imagine several weeks from now? USAID is going to look like peanuts if congress keeps turning their backs to the law.

We may not even need a US version or the Enablement Act — the DoJ and Supreme Court can just ignore the law or bend it to Trump’s will.