This Is What You Get When You Cede All Power to Trump

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As global markets continue to melt down in reaction to the president’s tariff program and his manifest willingness to wage a trade war, the question of the day is whether these adverse signals of real-world economic consequences will restrain him. To answer that question with another: Why would anyone imagine such a thing?

By now, it should be universally understood that the second Trump administration is based on sweeping away absolutely any limitation on presidential power.