There are a lot of checks and balances inbuilt into the system, he may have been warned not to push too far because that would be tyranny and the balances aren't exactly friendly towards tyrants. At least the unsubtle ones. He's definitely not done it the "correct way" so far, which is just feeding the opposition free cheap shots, and apparently doesn't have the spine to just make sure it gets done anyway. I've never been team trump besides as a meme in ~2015, so I'm just gonna sit over here with my 🍿