Our current president likes to break everything he can get his hands on — while everyone is watching.
He likes to break people Women. Blacks. Browns. Immigrants. Democrats. Fire them. Disrespect them. Prosecute them. Jail them. Deport them. Harm them.
He likes to break institutions USAID. Department of Education. Law firms. Universities. NATO.
He works hard to break the economic order Tariffs. Oil ownership. Tankers. Caribbean traffic. Progressive taxation. Health care systems. Insurance.
He loves to break the socio-political order Laws. Elections. Rights. Privileges. Immunities. Constitutions. Neighbor nations. Muslims.
He likes to break nature Science. Air. Water. Climate. The Ocean Floor.
One of his favorite things to break is infrastructure Schools. Hospitals. Homes. Bridges. Roads.
All these things are insufficiently loyal to our president, so he wants them to feel his wrath.
However, our president is also a builder. Some of the things he breaks must be built again with his name on them. Arts centers. Coins. Paper money. Triumphal arches. The East Wing. Battleships. Big Beautiful Bills. Dulles Airport. Penn Station. Trust accounts for children.
Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year. Fast-moving fires have burned…
