New Republic - There is no way to overstate what is happening in America. A sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is rapidly remaking the federal government by destroying everything it can. Entire agencies are being eliminated. Tens of thousands of civil service employees have been fired, and that’s only a fraction of the initial 220,000 workers in Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s crosshairs. Nowhere in the government is safe, it seems, and each day brings a new wave of shocking cuts.
This
blitzkrieg is reason enough for every American to be alarmed about the
direction of their country. And yet, it is hardly the whole story of the
damage being wrought by the Trump administration. The overriding focus
on the transformation of the federal government is understandable, but
it often overlooks the human cost of these moves. One cannot put a
figure on this unfolding tragedy. Lives are being destroyed—indeed,
lost—already. And it makes clear that this administration is guided by
cruelty above all else: To inflict pain and suffering on as many people
as possible, as soon as possible. More
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