Trump Makes a Mess on Purpose

David Frum: “Creating a huge mess is a consistent Trump method. Over and over again, the administration commits to actions at, or beyond, the outermost limit of executive power, then confronts the courts with a risk of chaos if the limits are enforced. Thousands of individuals have been detained and imprisoned without due process, including the opportunity to argue that the authorities have mistaken their identity or ignored their lawful-residency status. If the courts allow these detentions, then habeas corpus is more or less dead in America. If the courts refuse, brace yourself for a tsunami of wrongful-arrest litigation.”

“If Trump is allowed to keep the proceeds of his illegal taxes, then Congress has lost the power of the purse and Article I of the Constitution has been repealed. If Trump must return his illegal taxes, then millions of disgorgement actions will follow. I probably won’t sue for my $26.05. But I’ll sign my claim over to any class-action attorney who wants it.”

“Trump is chaos. So President Bill Clinton warned at the Democratic convention in 2024. So it is proving true, on a scale that is only beginning to come into view.”