Source: The Bulwark
by Alan Elrod
“Donald Trump’s fast-moving, catastrophically implemented project of recreating American government to better suit his own purposes has elicited white-hot reactions from critics who claim his administration is making a fundamental and irreparable break with the traditions, norms, and stability-conferring institutions that have defined America’s global identity for over a century. They’re not wrong about the scope of his intent — but when critics go so far as to claim that there is no precedent for what Trump is doing in the history of American government, they are forgetting about the political history of the American South.” (03/07/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-democracy-american-south-vance-bourbons