Evil Times: Trump’s Cruelest Policies

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Most of Trump’s second term declarations and executive orders have been unwise (tariffs) or just plain silly (Gulf of America).  Some of them have been much worse–evil by design and execution.  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition), defines evil as  “arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct” or as “morally reprehensible.” The presence of evil infects at least three current activities that the President has undertaken or greenlighted.