Julia Azari: “In simply over a month, the Trump administration has established a dynamic during which they take unpopular actions pushed by the chief department, then pull again selectively in response to public outcry, court docket orders (possibly? typically?), or different types of organized opposition.”
“However they hold doing it, with actions that corrode the Structure from a number of angles: banning media retailers from press conferences; partaking in staggering corruption; making what quantity to critical coverage choices by means of DOGE, a rogue physique not licensed by Congress. This leaves the Constitutional order badly weakened, like a automobile that’s nonetheless operating, however marred by spreading streaks of rust that map out its eventual demise.”