Trump’s ‘bald power grab’ could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear

Little-noticed order that gives US president powers far beyond mere oversight denounced as breathtaking'

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Unusually for him, Donald Trump made no great fuss as he signed one drily worded executive order last Tuesday.

Public attention was distracted that day - by the headline-grabbing drama of Elon Musk bludgeoning his way through the federal bureaucracy, by immigrants deported to Guantanamo Bay, and by the torrent of other directives Trump has issued since his inauguration last month.