Dismantling Democracy Is the Point

What happens when the new Trump administration’s transition to power includes explicit plans for its own demolition? In this urgent WhoWhatWhy podcast follow-up to my recent pre-election conversation with Harvard professor emerita Nancy Rosenblum, we go deeper into how Trump’s drive for unchecked personal rule, combined with ideological extremists in his orbit, creates a uniquely dangerous form of “ungoverning” — where decisions about everything from antitrust cases to public health are based on personal grievances rather than public good. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe