Trump using cynical psychological trick to overwhelm Americans

Systemic Error Podcast · Sep 25, 2026 · 6m

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to the media on the day of a NATO leaders’ summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Cruelty Is the Policy; Exhaustion Is Its Cover

Power Has an Address

The reported events are not a weather system descending on an unlucky country. Executive authority belongs to President Donald Trump and the officials carrying out his administration’s policies. According to Chauncey DeVega’s essay, that power is being used to weaken institutional restraints, intensify immigration enforcement, politicize federal agencies, and overwhelm public…