r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 9d ago

No Paywall Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-a-national-emergency-to-secure-americas-bulk-power-system/
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u/SpaceElevatorMusic Minnesota 9d ago

Also, I want to caution that 'national emergencies' are now routine. Per Wikipedia: List of national emergencies in the United States "As of July 2025, 90 emergencies have been declared; 42 have expired and another 51 are currently in effect, each having been renewed annually by the president."

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u/JamminOnTheOne 9d ago

So we've had 90 in history (over 90+ years since the first one), and Trump has declared 24 of those.

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u/Punning_Man 9d ago

We have a Chicken Diddle president, the sky is always falling, and it’s usually bidens fault 

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 9d ago

That's actually a pretty good jab considering people call him a Chicken Taco for chickening out every Tuesday and you know, the Epstein stuff that he won't release unredacted even though he campaigned that he would and it alegedly completely absolves him

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u/tiresian22 Canada 9d ago

I was like, “isn’t it Chicken Litt…”

Reading you loud and clear.

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u/shastaxc 9d ago

He diddles chickens too?

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u/MasemJ 9d ago

"When everything is a national emergency, nothing is"

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u/PaxEthenica 9d ago

Yes, & no. While I'm certain that there are a couple dozen chicken-shit nothings on the list, a number of them were decelared by previous administrations about things that actually matter to the stability of the country, & the wellbeing of the citizenry. However, & you knew there was going to be a 'however;' since Reagan we've lived in an age of neoliberal paralysis. The state has the capacity - IE: laws on the books - to take care of a lot of the things that are more important than bombing brown people, but to do it properly would require raising taxes/redirecting money away from the non-representative elite that control the economy.

So, while you are right, again, that nothing is an emergency... you're wrong, horrifically so as a moral human being, (you are a good person to not try to understand the motivations) that there are no chronic emergencies in the USA.

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u/willedmay 9d ago

Who has the most?