[medler]

Again, Congress has the power to allocate spending. If you think the president, or Elon Musk, has absolute power over the entire federal government, then, well, there’s a word for that. You think he’s a dictator.

[stainablesteel]

Congress has the power to create spending, the president has the power to stop spending.

[medler]

By law, he has no such power. Congress has made impoundment illegal.