trump presidency

Trump’s Do-Over Presidency

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Amid the chaos of a week when the world nearly witnessed its first global depression caused by the caprice of a single man, Donald Trump took some time to reflect on another recent demonstration of Presidential power—his January order for the Army Corps of Engineers to unleash billions of gallons of water from federally controlled … Read more

Uncertainty Is Trump’s Brand. But What if He Already Told Us Exactly What He’s Going to Do?

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If there’s one truth Donald Trump seems to have absorbed in his seventy-eight years, it is that there are advantages to lying all the time—foremost among them that no one knows when you’re bluffing and when you actually mean what you say. Imposing crippling tariffs on allies? Selling out Ukraine? Using the government to enact … Read more