No Plan, Just Power

Twelve weeks into Trump’s second term, chaos reigns. Promises were broken, allies were rattled, markets were shaken, and there was still no clear plan. In No Plan, Just Power, Mika Horelli argues that Trump isn’t rebuilding America but dismantling it. What drives him isn’t strategy but control. The system that empowered him is now his target. 

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