The Most Dangerous Thing Trump Could Destroy Isn't the Economy. It's the Trust That Makes America Possible.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY | OCTOBER 22, 2026 Democracy rarely announces its collapse. Sometimes it happens gradually, while powerful people convince themselves that the institutions protecting their wealth will survive the destruction of the institutions protecting everyone else's rights. Category: Trump | Republicans | MAGA | Democracy There are moments when I read something that makes me stop, put down my coffee, and wonder how we managed to arrive at this particular moment in American history. Not because the information is entirely surprising, but because of who is delivering it. Sometimes the messenger tells us more about the seriousness of a situation than the message itself. That was my reaction to an October 21, 2026, opinion piece in The New York Times by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin titled In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece . Rubin served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999. He has spent decades op...
