Trump\u2019s vision of governance calls to mind the declaration attributed to Louis XIV: \u2018L\u2019\u00e9tat, c\u2019est moi\u2019: I am the state<\/p>\n
The new Trump administration is busy. In a fury of executive orders, the restored president has frozen hiring at the federal government, cut off large amounts of science and research funding, ended or severely curtailed international programs in women\u2019s health and HIV treatment, attempted to unilaterally amend the constitution to deny citizenship to hundreds of thousands, cut off aid to Ukraine, provoked a diplomatic spat with Colombia and renamed the Gulf of Mexico in official documents as \u201cthe Gulf of America\u201d.<\/p>\n
Many of these moves are stunts and distractions, meant to appease Trump\u2019s base of aggrieved culture warriors. Others are meant to further Trump\u2019s personal power, and to make sure that no obstacles will be presented to his second term agenda of malice, retribution and corrupt self-dealing.<\/p>\n
Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist<\/p>\n
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