From the Irish Times: "What we’ve seen instead over the past
three weeks is an awesome display of raw ignorance on every front. Worse,
there’s no hint that either the White House or its allies in Congress see this
as a problem." Unfortunately, not
just the White House but the Republican Party in general seems to have become
the party of ignorance—anti-knowledge, anti-science, and proud of it.
While this is frightening, it is outdone by the
administration's clear liking for authoritarianism, which was made all too
evident in the Sunday remarks by Stephen Miller that "the whole world will
soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president
to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned." If that isn't a clear statement that the
Trump administration intends to impose dictatorial rule, I don't know what else
you could call it.
