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title: "The key point is this: Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be…"
date: 2025-04-04T20:35:29.000Z
author: Ricardo Mendes
url: https://rmendes.net/notes/2025/04/04/the-key-point-is-this/
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# The key point is this: Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be…

The key point is [this](https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight): Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be unleashing such havoc. In short, Trump’s lawlessness and his economic destruction are the same story: The former doesn’t just enable the latter; the two are inextricably entangled with each other.