- Have sent military forces to kidnap the leader of a foreign country.
- Made clear he intends to seize a sovereign country, by force if necessary.
- Issued a “National Security Strategy” that threatens the sovereignty and independence of every country in the Western Hemisphere.
- Decided that cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulations should only weigh the costs to businesses, but not the value of lives saved.
- Murdered a peaceful protester in Minneapolis, and then declined to undertake a federal investigation of the killer, opting instead to investigate the victim’s widow, leading to multiple federal prosecutors resigning, rather than participate in this political persecution.
- Threatened to send the U.S. military to a U.S. state to intimidate (shoot?) protesters.
- Threatened to bomb Iran again.
- Launched a (frivolous) federal investigation of the Chair of the Federal Reserve, because he has not cut interest rates without regard to inflation and employment. This one is likely to produce the most pushback from the American ruling class.
That’s just in two weeks. God knows what horrors are coming.
Given your recent interests, Mark, here’s what I would read next: Charles Guignon, Heidegger and the Problem of Knowledge. It…