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What Trump and Musk Are Really Doing to This Country


Published on 2025-03-07 06:20:38 - Slate
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  • It's that the core of what he has accomplished takes aim at the most important domestic engine of prosperity we have: the federal system. There's a term for the project Trump and his cronies are undertaking, coined by political scientists Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum in 2024. It's called ungoverning.

The article from Slate discusses the potential economic and political implications of a hypothetical second term for Donald Trump, focusing on his interactions with Elon Musk and the broader economic landscape. It speculates on Trump's policies, including significant job cuts in the federal government, the influence of Musk in policy-making, particularly around cryptocurrency like Dogecoin, and the potential for a more deregulated economy. The piece highlights concerns about the erosion of federal grants, the impact on various sectors, and how these changes could reshape the American economic and political environment, drawing from Trump's past behaviors and statements.

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