Trump Is Insatiable

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Because Trump is insatiable.
58% : To speak figuratively, Trump cares only how many divisions the courts can mobilize.
57% : Robert C. Post, a law professor at Yale, argued in an email that by acting with such speed that his adversaries have been caught by surprise, Trump has been unexpectedly successful in the opening months of his second term: The entire society has been taken aback by the suddenness and violence of Trump's first 100 days.
56% : Justin Gest, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, elaborates on that point in an email: Trump's key method is to, one by one, eliminate as many independent institutions as possible that are free enough to resist or criticize him.
56% : In such circumstances, the force of judicial reason depends upon public opinion, and Trump is presently still on a honeymoon with the sectors of the public that elected him.
55% : Columbia also agreed to appoint a new Senior Vice Provost on March 21 "with a focus on promoting excellence in Regional Studies," with a focus on Mideast Studies, and to "appoint new faculty members with joint positions in both the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and the departments of Economics, Political Science, and School for International and Public Affairs" in order to reinforce "the University's commitment to excellence and fairness in Middle East studies.
55% : Even when Trump leaves office, he will have created a playbook for future administrations to follow.
54% : From 2015 to 2024, the percentage of American adults who say they have either "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in higher education in the United States has fallen from 57 percent to 36 percent, according to Gallup.
53% : " Without free discussion based on knowledge, Jackson continues, The democratically legitimating role of public participation in elections and policy processes declines.
53% : Trump has seized the high ground in the belief that possession is nine tenths of the law.
51% : The share of adults voicing very little or no confidence in higher education fell throughout the nine years covered in the Gallup surveys, but by far the sharpest drop occurred in the last year between 2023 and 2024.
50% : " Now, in the United States, she writes, Faculty at some institutions are being advised not to use 'D.E.I.' in emails and public communications.
48% : The same pattern emerged in the case of nine law firms, according to The Associated Press, that Trump pressured into providing nearly $1 billion in pro bono legal services.
47% : This collective action problem extends to universities, which are independent from government control but rely on governments for research funds, tax-exempt status, and the admission of international students and scholars.
46% : They are fully beholden to Trump and will do nothing to resist his authoritarian inclinations.
44% : What if the revolt against Trumpism fails to emerge as a dominant counterforce and such figures as JD Vance, Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton are able to maintain what Trump has started as a competitive -- perhaps even dominant -- movement in American politics? What will the American future look like then?
38% : A crucial tactic adopted by Trump in his second term is to isolate a specific target.
36% : Trump's threats to impose debilitating cuts in federal funding for the nation's universities and colleges come at a time when popular support of higher education is at a low point.
35% : " Columbia's concessions were still not enough to satisfy Trump.
34% : Not only has the Republican majority in Congress "exhibited little interest in monitoring, much less checking, the president," but "the ultimate guardrail against tyranny, the electorate," cannot be relied upon: A decisive chunk of the American electorate elevated Trump to the presidency after he had shown his authoritarian proclivities.
32% : More specifically, the weak responses of Claudine Gay, president of Harvard, and Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, at a Congressional hearing in December, to charges that their institutions failed to counter antisemitism, led to the resignation of both presidents, laying the groundwork for Trump's attacks on higher education.
31% : And even now after Trump has menaced the civil service, unions, universities, news media, and professions in a reckless, dangerous, dictatorial fashion, the number of Americans vocally upset is disturbingly small.
31% : Trump has created a climate of fear and defensiveness that will be difficult to dispel.
27% : Along the same lines, the Trump administration's attacks on the independence of institutions of higher education will have lasting consequences, even if they are brought to a halt by the courts or by the election of a new president.
22% : Unsatisfied, Trump suggested that these firms submit to demands that they defend the coal industry, negotiate trade deals and represent Trump and his allies in civil and criminal proceedings.
17% : In the private sector, Trump has cowed otherwise independent companies by threatening them with arbitrary penalties.

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