There are times when one can engage constructively with one’s opponents and win real policy gains. Even if the other side just wants a veneer of bipartisanship, that can create an opening to negotiate for a better outcome. But that is not what we’re seeing now. Trump and Musk are in a hurry to destroy everything they can get their hands on. To paraphrase Kyle Reese describing the Terminator: They can’t be bargained with. They can’t be reasoned with. And they absolutely will not stop until they lay waste to our government as we have known it. Anyone who thought otherwise ought to understand by now.
