On Trump and Oren Cass

You will recall that Cass noted a month or so ago that it was time for kindly Uncle Donald to stop wrecking things and acting capriciously; he needed to put his program on a more stable and lasting basis through legislation, which meant working with Democrats. How is that working for him?

Just within the last week, Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada because the PM of Ontario ran a commercial that pissed him off. He bulldozed the East Wing after promising he wouldn’t. He’s openly talking about regime change in Venezuela without any authorization from Congress. And, of course, he won’t bend on the shutdown, because he can’t tolerate the thought that his political opponents have any leverage over him.

In other words, as I predicted, kindly Uncle Donald is about as plausible as Uncle Joe Stalin.