Long Passed the Tipping Point

Charlie Sykes: “Maybe we missed the exact moment it happened. But last week, it was obvious that we have long since passed the tipping point. We’re not slouching toward it, or waiting for some imaginary redline to be crossed. After years of warning about threats to democracy, the rule of law, norms, corruption, toxic narcissism, it was all right there. Live in the Oval Office…”

“Last week, Trump imposed trillions of dollars in tariffs, suspended them, and exempted companies who paid him tribute, all without any input from a Congress that surrendered its powers to him with barely a whimper.”

“Indeed, that’s the point. There is no process. No strategy. No check. No balance. Just the arbitrary whimsy and malice of the one man, who knows that he can never be held accountable for the shit storm he has unleashed on the markets and the constitutional order.”