Trump floods the zone with distractions

Donald Trump is serving the extreme right’s cause well at the moment, but in the longer run he is just likely to sabotage it with his random enthusiasms and equally random prejudices.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders mirror the to-do list of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s plan for instituting permanent right-wing rule after a Trump election victory, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 19, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—The planning for a hard-right takeover of the U.S. federal government was detailed and meticulous, and its execution by Elon Musk and his young Silicon Valley storm troopers was ruthless and mostly successful. They did indeed ‘move fast and break things,’ ...

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