They moved fast. They broke things. What now?
The Trump revolution in the US happened because nobody truly expected it. We are now warned.
David Allen Green can really write an intro to a blog post:
There is that scene in Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail where an armed knight crashes and easily wastes a wedding party.
And of course, this armed knight is able to cause so much damage at a wedding party – nobody would expect this to happen and so nobody would think to to stop him.
He shows that it is really not very difficult to move fast and break things.
The surviving gate guard outside just looks on bemused at this, and he says, “hey”.
This is pretty much what many are also doing as they watch what is happening in the United States.
The whole piece is well worth a read, for the way it puts the Trump/Vance/Musk revolution in context, politically, historically and culturally.
Thought-provoking, with this standing as the most urgent paragraph for those of us outside the US to think about:
And other political systems would be wise to limit what can be done within their own constitutions by executive order, and to strengthen the roles of the legislature and the judiciary (and also of internal independent legal advice within government).
Indeed.
David Allen Green
