Headline writers love the phrase 'Power Grab,' but you can't really grab it, can you? Power is a greased watermelon, a wisp of smoke, difficult to grasp, harder to hold, impossible to control while getting both feet down in bounds.
For presidential power to meaningfully expand, it is not enough for a president to simply make a power grab.
Thoughts are just moving through consciousness. They have no power. Nothing has reality until you reach it, grab it, and somehow impregnate it with the power of belief.
Power is not nearly enough for Trump. Power he already possessed, starting with the money his father gave him, which grew into the money he never paid in taxes because he is 'smart.' No: Power and ambition pale in comparison to Trumpbeth's rapacious grab for applause.
When in doubt, grab power.
Thinking back to my time in the U.K., before the election and then working in the British government, the thing that has really driven me is this idea of giving power to people and taking power out of the hands of those who try and grab it all for themselves.
It's the most ambitious power grab I've ever witnessed.
Martyrdom of followers is a strategy of political leaders to grab money and power.
In Raleigh, partisan battles, power struggles and lawsuits might grab the headlines, but we have to work together where we can. To look beyond ourselves to see what's right for the state, regardless of who's in power. That's what the people of North Carolina want us to do, and what common sense demands us to do.
Where I'm from, life's a gamble, grab the dice/'Fore I leave, pray to God, then I grab my Nikes
When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.
Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can
Journalists know that often you don't grab stories, they grab you.
We must reject the cynicism that says allowing every eligible vote to be cast and counted is a 'power grab.' Americans understand that these are the values our brave men and women in uniform and our veterans risk their lives to defend.
Canadians must fight back against global elites preying on the fears and desperation of people to impose their power grab.
The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it.