Trump's grip tightens: is waiting really a strategy?

The notion that simply weathering the storm of the Trump presidency is a viable strategy—as Simon Jenkins recently suggested—is a dangerously naive assessment. While the spectacle of a leader dismantling established norms may seem absurd, the erosion of American civic structures is accelerating, and the idea of passive observation is becoming increasingly untenable.

The illusion of checks and balances

Jenkins' observation about the vanishing checks and balances is particularly chilling. The bedrock of the US system, the principle that power should be constrained, has demonstrably crumbled under the weight of the current administration. To believe that this will simply dissipate with the departure of one man ignores a deeper, more troubling trend: the normalization of authoritarian tactics and the willingness of a significant portion of the population to accept them.

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