r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 5d 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/
14.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

45

u/MannyFaces 5d ago

Just you wait until the voting emergency...

1

u/Bocchi_theGlock 4d ago

Obviously you have to wait for the right time to announce that - so that there isn't enough leeway to have the courts turn it down.

It's all about the timing, it's an urgent emergency of course, that's why we wait until the last possible second.