/481/ Everything is Plausible: Oligarchy – or Worse ft. Corey Robin

On Trump's government, his motives and his modus operandi.

Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch about Trump II from a domestic perspective. We look at the three main things he's done so far: cutting the civil service, imposing economic sanctions domestically, and his immigration terror politics.

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  Is Trump a strong president? Does the reliance on executive orders indicate weakness?

  
  


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  What happened to the #Resistance?

  
  


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  Why has the tariff issue, instead of uniting Republicans as in the 19th century, divided them?

  
  


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  Is the bond market the main force limiting Trump's agenda?

  
  


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  Has Bernie Sanders' prediction come true – this is now an oligarchy?

  
  


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  Does Trump just represent patrimonialism and even gangsterism? A degradation of democracy?

  
  


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  What does reaction looks like when there’s very little left to react against?

  
  

Links:

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  /129/ The Right Is Weak ft. Corey Robin | Bungacast

  
  


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  Notifications, Corey Robin, Sidecar (on Trump & tariffs)

  
  


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  Corey Robin's facebook posts

  
  


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  The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics, Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld, Princeton UP