The article critiques the Trump administration's tendency to frame policy challenges as emergencies, leading to extreme measures like tariffs and deportations. The administration often invokes laws and rhetoric associated with dire situations, which diminishes normal policy processes. For instance, mass deportations are portrayed as an 'invasion,' justifying aggressive enforcement actions. The author highlights the potential suspension of habeas corpus, an extreme measure based on claims of an ongoing crisis, suggesting a troubling trend of government overreach through exaggerated narratives.
To the Trump administration, there's no such thing as a mere policy problem. Everything, it seems, must be an "emergency," an "insurrection," an "invasion."
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