… There is something wrong with a political system where the presidency is won on a populist message and the resulting policy is pure plutocracy, where #DrainTheSwamp becomes tax breaks for hedge funds, the well-connected, and the president’s family.
But there is also something confusing about it. This is not how politicians are supposed to act. Politicians are meant to have an instinct for self-preservation, a sense of the public will, a fear of electoral consequences. …
And yet Republicans are governing with an almost merry disregard for public opinion — and not just on taxes. CONT.
Ezra Klein, Vox