The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.
The old structure of the National Security Council did not fit the “top-down approach” of President Trump, according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary.
President Trump has said his punishing tariffs would force companies to build factories in the United States. But it is far from clear that they will have the effects he predicted.