Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
The US House backed Europe and rebuked Trump on foreign policy, indicating congressional disagreement with administration international relations approach. This represents legislative pushback on executive foreign policy.
Congressional foreign policy disagreement with executive represents normal constitutional friction under separation of powers. House resolution backing Europe shows legislative branch exercising its voice on international relations - standard institutional check. Mechanism=norm_erosion_only with international scope yields 0.6 modifier. Separation driver scores 3 (moderate institutional friction, not structural damage). Low severity multipliers (0.9/0.95/0.85) reflect reversible, low-precedent nature. A-score 2.34 well below threshold. B-score 14.33 driven by media-friendly Trump rebuke narrative (4) and partisan framing (outrage_bait:3), but lacks viral elements. D=-11.99 indicates distraction exceeds damage, but both scores too low for List B. This is routine legislative-executive tension on foreign policy - constitutional system working as designed through checks and balances, not erosion.
Monitor for pattern: repeated congressional rebukes could signal deeper executive overreach, but isolated foreign policy disagreement is normal institutional function, not constitutional crisis.