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He's already shown his disregard for Congress. Look at USAID, CFPB etc. all funded/authorized by Congress.

It's clear it doesn't matter what the Congress budget says.

Without enforcement, laws are just words. The white house is really testing the concept of laws as they might apply to the executive branch.

"Testing" is a funny way of saying "breaking"

The restructuring and firings are already happening. The infrastructure is being destroyed.

He's been blatantly violating a bunch of laws, including impoundment, basically non-stop since taking office.

Turns out laws are fake, you can just do whatever.