How Does This End? A Spoiler. How Does Democracy Survive? A Preview

Trump’s second term is not chaos—it’s the plan. It’s Reconstruction reversed, law as terror, and vengeance as governance. We’ve seen this before. We can end it—if we face it for what it is.

Opinion by: Aisha K. Staggers

Over the last five months, we’ve witnessed a sitting American president insult our allies from the Oval Office, distort facts on the world stage, and trap foreign leaders in setups rooted in conspiracy theories, petty vendettas, and a profound ignorance of geopolitics. He has evaded due process, questioned the Constitution’s applicability to himself, and surrounded himself with loyalists who lie with ease, defy Supreme Court rulings, and openly break the law. This administration isn’t just incompetent. It’s criminal. And while it may feel unprecedented, it isn’t.