The Court of Permanent Departure: Trumpism After Gabbard
This week on The Axis, we examine the symbolic meaning behind the departures of Tulsi Gabbard, Pam Bondi, and Kristi Noem from the orbit of Donald Trump. Beyond the headlines, the column explores what these resignations reveal about the transformation of Trumpism itself: the shrinking of its anti-war faction, the growing centralization of power around the sovereign figure, and the evolution of the administration into a system of permanent symbolic volatility. Drawing on psychoanalysis, political theology, and cinematic parallels from The Godfather Part II, the piece argues that modern…
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