Moynihan: Trump seeks "absolute power" through consolidating federal payments | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Moynihan: Trump seeks "absolute power" through consolidating federal payments

March 26, 2025 Wired

The Trump administration appears particularly focused on “the president having absolute power and control over where money goes regardless of laws on impoundment or statutes on agencies... It’s a consolidation of power in the name of efficiency," said the Ford School's Don Moynihan. The comment from Moynihan is cited in an article from Wired that addresses Trump's recent executive order to move all federal payments to the Treasury.