[duskwuff]

Alternatively: we need to rein in the powers of the presidency. Right now we've got a dynamic of "the president says what to do and the legislature obeys" (or, recently, "the president does stuff on his own"); we might be better off with "Congress decides what to do and the president makes it happen".

[llm_trw]

California has half the population of Germany and twice the GPD.

We can't pretend the US is some dinky country in Europe that can be ruled the same way.

[mdemare]

Half the population, and the same GDP.

[beardedwizard]

How long will California maintain GDP dominance when major parts of business are in the pocket of Trump? Won't they just pack up and leave, tanking Californias economy with it?

[llm_trw]

Longer than Germany at the rate things are going in Germany.

[SubiculumCode]

The problem is that the president can direct funding to primary a congressman. There are ways to make that harder to do, but they have to try

[dragonwriter]

Oh, so Congress makes law and the President sees that the law is faithfully executed?

We should definitely amend the Constitution to include that.