Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“Trump’s address today was mostly a rehash of the same tired themes from his other speeches. He is obsessed with greatness and boasting about how great everything will be under his presidency, and so he proclaims that we are at the dawn of a golden age. When a politician feels the need to declare that it is a golden age, it is a bad sign for the future. In this case, Trump is either deluding himself or he is trying to distract from the terrible policies he is about to enact. Foreign policy didn’t receive a lot of attention from Trump in the speech, but what little he did have to say was disturbing.” (01/20/25)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/trumps-second-term-an-empire-not