January 11, 2026

Trump's limitless view of power

Axios - The first week of 2026 left little ambiguity about what President Trump thinks of power — or whether there are any limits on his. Just listen to him and top aide Stephen Miller this week:

Trump to The New York Times, when asked if there are any checks on his global ambitions: "Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me."

Miller to CNN's Jake Tapper: "[Y]ou can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else. But we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power."

That worldview drove one of the most frenetic, forceful starts to a year. Through it all, the White House barreled forward with swagger, speed and open disdain for guardrails, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Full story

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