The resistance to President Donald Trump and his efforts to impose austerity by decree has been rather muted, and even reported as dead, liberals shell-shocked by November seemingly burned out before the second term even got underway. In Congress, Democratic leaders — acting on the premise that "kitchen table" issues will connect with voters more than appeals to their better nature — have talked more about the price of eggs and the need for bipartisan solutions than the president's assault on the separation of powers and the republic itself.
That there is a constitutional crisis has been obscured by design, the flurry of executive orders leading not just to a freeze in federal spending but inertia among a bewildered opposition.
