Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

If anyone thought that Donald Trump’s outrageous promises on the campaign trail were mere rhetoric to give woodies to his frothing base, his staffing appointments reveal the worst case.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left; Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff; Peter Hegseth, secretary of defense; and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Hegseth wants to fire the head of the joint chiefs of staff, and purge all the generals who’ve brought in diversity.Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

November 18, 2024

HALIFAX—And so, two months before the White House officially changes hands, the nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue begins.

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