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Democrats can move public opinion by highlighting the unpopular aspects of his agenda.
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Daniele Volpe / The New York Times / Redux The Force That Holds Trump’s Coalition Together
Traditional Republican elites tolerate the authoritarianism because they want the tax cuts.
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution
If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Trump Is Running Economic Development In Reverse
The combination of tariffs and cuts to scientific research seems designed to move America down the value chain.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: rusm / Getty; NBaris-Ozer / Getty. Why Trump Paused the Tariffs
A stock-market swoon, or even a recession, might not frighten him, but the prospect of a 2008-style meltdown apparently still does.
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Trump World Makes the Case Against Trump
MAGA supporters are attempting to understand Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Brendan McDermid / Reuters. The Democrats Won’t Acknowledge the Scale of Trump’s Tariff Mess
The president’s allies are putting up a bigger fight than the opposition party is.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Aaron Schwartz / Sipa USA / AP. Trump Has Already Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan
Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty The Good News About Trump’s Tariffs
Authoritarian leaders are most dangerous when they’re popular. Wrecking the economy is unlikely to broaden Trump’s support.
Xinhua / Hu Yousong / Redux Why Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term
The prospect of smashing imagined limits on his power gives him an obvious thrill.
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