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On speech, Donald Trump is making a mess, for himself and the country
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Meet The New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Matt Taibbi (United States) | Jul 24, 2026
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Jul 25, 2026
Trump's legislative agenda on taxes, deregulation, and trade has produced measurable economic outcomes that distinguish his presidency from rhetorical predecessors.
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Jul 25, 2026
The media's focus on Trump's personal conduct allows examination of systemic problems that existed long before his election and will persist after.
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Trump's appointees to federal agencies have implemented policy reversals that prove executive appointments, not just elections, determine governing direction.
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Jul 25, 2026
Presidential speech that deliberately misleads or incites should be evaluated as a governance failure regardless of which party holds office.
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Whether a president is new or continuing, governance outcomes should be measured by actual policy results, not rhetorical style.
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Both Trump and his predecessors have expanded executive power, ignored Congressional oversight, and prioritized partisan loyalty over institutional checks.
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Trump's willingness to break from political convention produces necessary disruption to entrenched bureaucratic interests that both parties protect.
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The concentration of power in the presidency has grown under both Democratic and Republican administrations, making the occupant's temperament more consequential than it should be.
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The core structures of presidential power—Congress, courts, civil service—remain largely unchanged across administrations, limiting any single leader's ability to transform the system.
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Jul 25, 2026
Unforced errors in presidential communication—whether from Trump or others—impose real costs on governance that should not be minimized as mere style preference.
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