This is a very long discussion between Paul Krugman and Joey Politano, a trade expert.
Basically, it comes down to the fact that the actual competent people are no longer on the scene, so the legal justifications for all of Trump's shit is paper thin. We are seeing this time and again, where Trump has attempted to blitzkrieg his way to authoritarianism, but the Courts have pretty routinely called bullshit. Think about how many lawyers Trump has stiffed. Think about how fucking nuts much of what he is doing is. Sane, intelligent people tried to rein him in during his first administration, but since they are gone, he's left with a motley collection of ambulance chasers and weirdos.
This leads back to my basic thesis about Trump's first year: He's doing both incalculable damage and yet not changing things in a deeper sense.
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