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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

‘Sprint toward autocracy’: Trump’s first year in office has been a norm-busting, boundary-pushing power play

It’s not just the East Wing of the White House that President Donald Trump has demolished.

In his first year back in office, the president has trampled long-standing American institutions and norms that, for generations, had defined the federal government, at a breakneck pace that has left even seasoned Washington observers scrambling to keep up.

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