Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“As autocrats go, Donald Trump is in a class by himself. Every other autocrat in living memory used brutal techniques to destroy his opposition, but also built a strong state for the sake of military power or economic development. Trump, by contrast, seems determined to destroy government per se, even those parts of it that made America great. Though he is particularly focused on destroying liberal habitats such as universities and blue states and cities, Trump wants to annihilate the state in general. This is not because he is a principled libertarian. On the contrary, to the extent that he wants the state to survive at all, he wants to bend it to his personal will, civil liberties be damned. Unfortunately for the U.S. economy, science thrives on free inquiry.” (03/18/25)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-18-burning-down-the-house/