Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
“Since Donald Trump entered the American political fray, his opponents have been debating what kind of threat he poses to democracy, and what to do about it. In the New York Times last week, Michelle Goldberg declared that debate over in a column headlined ‘The Resistance Libs Were Right.’ The obvious question is: About what? Were they right to label him a fascist? That depends on what you mean by the term. As the Justice Department prosecutes Trump’s enemies, the military stages smash-and-grab raids on foreign countries and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents storm through U.S. cities, it’s hard to deny that the resistance libs were correct about some important things …. But when ordinary people hear ‘Trump is a fascist,’ they aren’t primed for an academic debate …” (01/23/26)