“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” – Donald Trump, January 8, 2026.
By Michael Peabody –
The United States in 2026 is no longer arguing about policy. It is arguing about authority. The argument is no longer between left and right in any traditional sense, but between restraint and certainty, between institutional limits and moral confidence. Abroad, American power is asserted with a directness unseen in generations. At home, the political middle has thinned to the point of near extinction, squeezed from both sides by movements that no longer believe compromise is virtuous or even necessary.
At home, the political middle has thinned to the point of near extinction, squeezed from both sides by movements that no longer believe compromise is virtuous or even necessary.
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