The Reagan administration offers a cautionary tale about cost-cutting zeal crashing up against the reality of how government works.
One of the great weaknesses of the Donald Trump presidency is its failure to learn or heed history. (If you are or know a member of the administration, consider spending some time in our archive!)
“His understanding of global events, his understanding of global history, his understanding of U.S. history was really limited,” former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson complained of the president in 2021. “It’s really hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t even understand the concept for why we’re talking about this.”
