Honey, I shrunk the Oval Office: Zachary Karabell on Donald Trump’s not-so-imperial presidency. Will Donald Trump destroy the presidency? He disdains the rule of law, he’s trampling norms of presidential behavior — and he’s bringing vital institutions down with him. Norms matter: Turns out a lot of politics isn’t governed by written rules — which was a good thing, until now. Michelle Goldberg on the tyranny of the minority: Most people didn’t vote to be governed like this. How Trump is helping to save our democracy. Beverly Gage reviews One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported by E.J. Dionne Jr., Norman J. Ornstein, and Thomas E. Mann.
