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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

Slate used to have this occasional series «How the U.S. media would cover XYZ if it happened in another country…». The blunt tone and direct language was brilliantly revealing. Now is the time to be blunt and direct about what’s happening in the US – without satire. How about this: regime change. A clarifying piece by Anne Applebaum


From Weekly Filet #517, in February 2025.

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