The Projection Gap (🇺🇸 US-UK🇬🇧 Edition)

For years, Trump has governed through projection: asserting strength, declaring control, and treating performance as proof of power itself.But projection only works as long as outcomes continue reinforcing the story being told.As pressure abroad fails to produce compliance and political resistance at home quietly re-emerges, the gap between assertion and result is becoming harder to ignore.This essay examines what happens when power ceases to translate into political gain.— DunneaginFollow the full essays and podcast at paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged Watch short-form video commentary on YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@civics_unhinged/shorts ☕️ Reader editions and collected volumes are available at: https://f-p-dunneagin-shop.fourthwall.com 👉 Thank you for listening and for your support. Get full access to ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ at dunneagin.substack.com/subscribe