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What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and unaccountable friend?

Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson, who writes the Substack newsletter “ Letters from an American ,” described Elon Musk’s actions over the weekend involving the federal Treasury as a “coup,” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for answers.

Democrats saw Donald Trump as the most toxic brand in politics, a singular figure who unified their disparate factions and filled their political coffers with campaign contributions. The limits of that strategy became evident in November.