Assault on Democracy Part 1 Flashcards
who runs the executive branch
president
which branch counterbalances the executive branch
legislative branch
what does the legislative branch consist of? Two
House and Senate
what does the judicial branch consist of? Two
courts, supreme court
trump has weakened institutions vital to the functioning of democracy and has assailed them as being
corrupt
To trump, the civil service is replete with
traitors
d s
To trump the civil service is an evil _____ _____ out to get him and destroy his presidency
deep state
the deep state trump claimed in a tweet was a threat to democracy but what he really meant was that is was _____
a threat to him
the person intent on destroying democratic foundations is
DT
disa
Who is part of the deep state in trump’s world? Any mode of _________
mode of disagreement with the president. eg any agency, report, news story, etc
the deep state is really just ppl whom Trump ________ ____
doesn’t like
DT cant keep a
secret
pol
DT is a __________ of intelligence
politicizer
DT wants his intelligence officials to be _____ to his agenda
loyal
tr
DT doesnt care about the _________
truth
