Oren Cass agrees that Trump is very good at wrecking things. Cass applauds this; in his view, there are plenty of things that need to be wrecked. But now is the time to start building the new order. Kindly Uncle Donald needs to build bipartisan majorities in Congress to create a stable and predictable economic system upon which Americans can rely and invest. Otherwise, the chaos will bring him and the country down.
Either Cass is an idiot or he believes in the power of wishful thinking. There is no kindly, constructive Uncle Donald. Trump’s agenda, above all, is to show the world that he is the boss. He does this primarily through the arbitrary use of power. Working with Congress to create stability and predictability for his new system, to the extent it actually exists, is completely inconsistent with his need to be the center of attention at all times. He would be surrendering power. Why would he do that?