Back in January, I asked Is Trump Part of the Swamp Now?. Barely eight months into Trump’s second presidency, it seems we already have the answer. My expectations of Trump were astronomically lower than most. I believed that the tell-tale signs were there that the Iron Law of Oligarchy had prevailed and that ‘the regime’, by which I mean the permanent deep state, had made peace with the Orange Man. His role would be to right the ship, get his supporters to buy back into a system in whic...
