When the Story Stops Working (🇺🇸 US-UK🇬🇧 Edition)

There is a moment in every presidency when events stop being interpreted separately—and start to be understood together.For years, Donald Trump’s governing approach has relied on a simple premise: that disruption in one domain could be explained, contained, or even justified by outcomes in another. Foreign policy, economic pressure, and public perception were treated as distinct arenas, each with its own logic.That separation is beginning to erode.As instability abroad, rising costs at home, and shifting political sentiment begin to align, the story that once held these tensions together is losing its coherence.This essay examines what happens when the narrative that organizes a presidency no longer fits the reality it is meant to explain.— 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