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The Trump administration’s actions in multiple spheres are contributing to the unraveling of the United States’ foundational constitutional principles.

Behind the political theater that is the “US-European split,” exists an aggressive campaign of US consolidation over its many proxies — including and perhaps especially over Europe itself.

Power in the United States is no longer exercised primarily through coordination, law, or consent, but increasingly through assertion and spectacle. Recent domestic enforcement actions, rhetorical excesses, and executive overreach reveal a system experimenting with how much authority can be claimed without institutional resistance.