Governance as Performance Art

Cabinet fantasies, ICE dragnet politics, and the quiet math behind a general strike

Good morning! Brace yourself, Donald Trump began yesterday the way he now begins most days: in front of cameras, inside a room he has recently redecorated, congratulating himself for existing. The cabinet meeting was billed as a routine governance check-in, but functioned instead as a three-hour-long infomercial for Trump’s feelings. The Cabinet Room, w…