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In the Silicon Valley, they move quickly and break things. In Washington, they move slowly and tweak. Lenin could have predicted the opening of Donald Trump’s second term when he gave up that there were decades where nothing was happening and weeks when the decades were happening. Washington, an institutional city where respect for the “regular order” binds its natives, is not equipped for the speed that Trump has overwhelmed the zone in the last 20 days. As he goes through in the remodeling of the US Republic in his image depends on the superior American federal capital, shock and awe. In addition to several remains of action, its tactics have been effective so far.
It has two unwavering targets. It is first to renew the imperial presidency buried in the mid-1970s after Richard Nixon’s resignation. Post-Watergate Washington has passed the noise of reforms that tied the hands of the executive, especially the CIA, the Ministry of Justice and the FBI. Trump dissolves these limitations. The other is to make money for yourself and your family. The value of the multi -million dollar meme coin that President and the first lady of Melania Trump launched shortly before his inauguration showed that he would also plan it.
Trump is a master of disruption. Whether he has blamed the worst American air disaster in the years that Dei is employed or promised to put boots on the ground in the gaza belt, Trump fills the stage. The pace is almost boring shocking. For three more weeks of this, it could become shocking boring. Either way, Trump has the dominance of permeability.
A simple catalog of what Trump did in his open days would consume this column. What will endure is his aggressive moves on the so-called ministries of power-repressive hands of the state. Last month, Pete Hegsetth, former Fox News Weekend anchor, moved into the pentagon as a defense secretary. Hegsetth has already committed to send thousands of troops to the border of Mexico-US. It is certainly a matter of time before the troops would be distributed to the hinterland to help round the illegal immigrants for deportation.
On Wednesday, it was confirmed that Pam Bondi, a former Attorney General Florida, was headed by the Ministry of Justice. She cleans the department of those who explored Trump during the Presidency of Joe Biden. Bondi also requested a complete list of thousands of FBI officials involved in the Capitol 6th -January Investigation Investigation -a move that launched the Class Class lawsuits to protect their identity. She also begged the impression of the “Cleptocraction of Initiatives”, which seized the property of corrupt foreign actors, including the mega yachts of Russian oligarch.
Kash Patel, Hardcore Trump loyalist, will probably be confirmed next week as the director of the FBI. The reforms after the water were aimed at preventing the repetition of J Edgar Hoover, an autocratic longtime FBI chief. Two years ago, Patel wrote a book that listed 60 enemies who would be explored if Trump returned to duty. In the testimony of the Senate last week, he denied any plans to retaliate and said that his names were simply a “globe” (although it was another word for the list). Among the Patel goals were Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Mark Milley, a retired president of joint staff chiefs.
As Washington goes, so does the world. The Imperial Presidency requires a global stage. In his speech, Trump said that he wanted to re -occupy the Panaman Channel. Since then, he has repeated his request for Greenland from Denmark, insisting that Canada joins the Union, and rasod Scholarships discuss whether Trump is a non -interventionist, as many have believed until recently, or in reality, one -sided in unilateral rules, which has a better sense of his current moves.
Either way, he is an indective real estate developer. His son -in -law Jared Kushner was the first to mention Gaza’s “very valuable property along the shore” almost a year ago. Trump first wished that during the first term it was assumed that the property was rich in the Greenland minerals. His history with Panama goes back to 20 years and the unfortunate Trump Ocean Club in the city of Panama. This week, Panama was raised by the announcement of Washington that US vessels would now have a free passage through the channel. Denmark also decently resisted Trump’s designs on its Arctic real estate. In the meantime, the world gets used to the news of the rabid Canada: all political parties in the country are now “Canada first”.
Who can separate Trump’s signal from his noise? In his inaugural speech, he promised the equivalent of changing the regime. His destruction of the Regulations strengthened the guest list, of which the most striking were three richest men in the world, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Each brilliantly donated Trump. While the head of Trump’s deep state cleared, Musk is the leader of that package. The rest of the closed gathering was largely filled with Magchmen and Bro-Casters. There were also the lines of Trump’s living predecessors, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Biden. While the former presidents and their spouses listened to stone-co-contaminated with Trump’s plans for the new golden age, their isolation was glittering. Twenty -inch days later, they look like Washington’s Ancien regime.
