Trump will argue that these were necessary to put American interests first, and people will believe it. Meanwhile, the profiteers will profit bigly.

In India, Modi orchestrated one of the biggest and most consequential efforts called demonization that led to significant disruptions and pain across the country, but with his story that it was a sacrifice for the greater good of anti- corruption, he faced almost no resistance.

It was not inflation per se that made people turn to Trump— it was that there was no narrative or story from the Biden administration that helped people make sense of it.

But Obama followed the rules. These guys’ strategy is to bypass congress altogether.