Sam Freedman
I’ll be back in the (relatively) calmer waters of British politics soon but I promised a part two to last week’s post on Trump, his key appointees, and the imminent battles between them.
The first week has gone largely as expected. We had an incoherent inauguration speech where the most notable spectacle was a shifty row of tech CEOs (I saw an “embarrassment of riches” suggested as the collective noun).
Then there was the inevitable slew of executive orders with varying degrees of significance and legality. Many were performative, others that sound serious will likely never happen, some will cause immense pain and difficulty – like the decision to abandon several thousand Afghan refugees or pause lifesaving treatment for 25 million people suffering with HIV around the world. Again, as expected, there has been more caution shown on high-risk economic measures like tariffs, alongside plenty of bluster.
I was planning on covering foreign affairs, justice and healthcare in this post but as Dad looked at Ukraine policy during the week I’ve decided to focus in on justice, democracy, the constitution and the courts, and come back to healthcare at some point in the future when it’s clearer what they want to do.
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