Sir Robert Filmer refuted

Assuming the below is correct, does it make Trump more or less powerful?

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(7) Tillerson is actually [sic--acting] virtually autonomously.

As is Nikki Haley.

And James Mattis.

(12) Trump is delegating responsibility. He's the FIRST PRESIDENT to allow his experts the freedom to use their expertise.

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Exactly. Which means that the whole notion that absolutism means directly reducing everyone to the sovereign's will, eliminating mediating institutions, and creating legal equality is a red herring. The less direct power the more actual power if the delegation is competent and accountable.