In a functional version of America, Congress has the “power of the purse” and controls funding for federal programs, even departments of the executive branch, like DHS.

In a functional version of America, making a threat like this would result in instant impeachment and removal.

In a functional version of America, the chief executive would have the grade school level knowledge of civics which includes the fact that the states control all election procedures for their residents. And then the states provide the results of said elections to the federal government. The federal government plays no role in those elections (except maybe in DC?) outside the scope of the federal election commission (which is an independent agency.)

But alas, we are not living in a functional version of America.

Cures don’t come with a subscription model.

The pharma industry likes to defend its pricing by saying:

The second pill cost 25¢.

The first pill cost $800 million.

What they never actually say is that the US government (thereby the taxpayers) heavily subsidized most of that cost.

Big Pharma could use its own Mario Brother, just saying.

The baby or the fire station?

How has nobody mentioned the term “pocket veto” yet? He can just stick it in a drawer and never sign it. His lackeys in congress can recess within the 10-day time period (you know, Thanksgiving) and then it’s dead. They have to reintroduce the bill and go through it all over again.