Trump Pays Troops Mid-Shutdown: Congress Can Wait
In a stunning October 2025 move that screams 'look at me,' ex-President Donald Trump ordered US military personnel to get their paychecks despite the government shutdown strangling federal spending. Experts, somewhere between horrified and facepalming, warn this 'presidential generosity' flirt with illegality could blow up Congressâs Age of Fiscal Authority. With no approval from those pesky budget-holders in Washington, Trump is basically rigging his own wallet to the militaryâs bank accounts, possibly paving the way for future 'executive spending sprees' like waving tanks through Main Street USA. Whoever hosts Congress now has the power of the purse; Trumpâs hack threatens to turn it into Monopoly money.
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Trump bailing out the militaryâs paycheck during shutdown while Congress glares like an unpaid babysitterânothing says waistband battle like one branch playing Robin Hood with the treasury.
When Trump funds the troops despite shutdown, Congressâ budget powers feel like they just got ghosted by the house guest who sneaks in the snacks.
Congress controlling the budget? Hold my nonexistent approval rating. Trumpâs latest power move: spending like you donât pay the tab, but someone always does.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 10/26/2025 | Author: Chris Stein
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