UNCHECKED POWER
Unchecked power can be easily abused. Pres. Trump is using all the levers of power that the gaps in the Constitution allow him. If he is stymied on one way to get something done, he will try another (ex. tariffs). And he often acts on hunches and whims. It is a bad brew.
Before WWII, when the US was developing its economy, it could allow the British to run the world. After WWII the US took on the role of hegemon. But there was resistance from time to time, among the people the US was trying to tame (e.g. Vietnamese) or their helpers (the USSR, China).
Now those in power in the US see a clear path to work their will. Russia is occupied with Ukraine; China is not strong enough yet. Europe is out of the picture. And the US (along with its partner Israel) has the technological edge. So, Trump thinks, why not use it to dominate everywhere, stifle all pockets of resistance? (Watch out, Cuba.)
Furthermore, the US people don’t seem to mind handing over a trillion dollars to the military every year. This will continue unless there is some resistance, from the US people, from Congress, from targets of aggression, the latest of which is Iran.
Sources: The New York Times, 3/6 and 3/8/26