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On Trump's government, his motives and his modus operandi.

Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch about Trump II from a domestic perspective. We look at the three main things he's done so far: cutting the civil service, imposing economic sanctions domestically, and his immigration terror politics.

Is Trump a strong president? Does the reliance on executive orders indicate weakness?

What happened to the #Resistance?

Why has the tariff issue, instead of uniting Republicans as in the 19th century, divided them?

Is the bond market the main force limiting Trump's agenda?

Has Bernie Sanders' prediction come true – this is now an oligarchy?

Does Trump just represent patrimonialism and even gangsterism? A degradation of democracy?

What does reaction looks like when there’s very little left to react against?

Links:

/129/ The Right Is Weak ft. Corey Robin | Bungacast

Notifications, Corey Robin, Sidecar (on Trump & tariffs)

Corey Robin's facebook posts

The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics, Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld, Princeton UP

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James

Sound quality is really rough on this one. Leigh's mic is sibilant and harsh (very noticeable around fifteen minutes, painful on headphones). Corey's line has lots of clicking on it too.

Windowless Grandad

Very embarrassing how Corey uses the “left” seemingly to refer exclusively to congressional dems. Reading eighteenth brumaire as an endorsement of parliamentary legitimacy also hilarious. Just keep Marx out of all this next time please