January 26, 2025
The left is misrepresenting Trump’s decision to fire Inspectors General
By Daniel Bianco
The MSM is up in arms about Donald Trump’s firing of at least a dozen Inspectors General (“IGs”), calling it a “late-night purge“ and alleging President Trump is dismantling checks on his power. Democrats in Congress are loudly declaring that President Trump broke the law.
The idea of separation of powers in government concerns the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. But what about the separation of powers within the executive branch? Not a thing.
The left asserts that President Trump’s decision to fire these public officials was illegal and unethical because of their positions as “independent watch-dogs,” suggesting that they are somehow beyond the reach of the U.S. president’s decision-making authority.
This is the point where I have seen folks on the right chasing after a red herring on this issue, claiming that government watchdog organizations such as the Inspectors General (either the heads of the organizations or the organizations themselves) are not actually independent in how they function but, instead, have proven themselves to be biased. That may or may not be true, but it is not really the issue here. The issue is that the left has been dishonest in acting as if Trump’s firing of the IGs was either unlawful or unethical. They essentially say it’s tantamount to his destroying any attempt at oversight over his administration. In reality, this was fully within the scope of President Trump’s authority as POTUS.
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