Watching Donald Trump's recent moves is both frustrating and deeply concerning.

Accepting a $400 million private jet from Qatar? Undermining regulatory enforcement across federal agencies? Making veiled threats toward political opponents and critics?
This isn't about policy. It's about power — and how far someone will go to protect their version of it.

It's no longer surprising, but it should still make us angry.
Democracy doesn’t disappear all at once — it erodes little by little, through selfish deals, selective justice, and the normalization of authoritarian gestures.

What’s even more alarming is how many are willing to look away, justify, or worse, cheer it on.
Being “strong” isn’t the same as being right. And being elected doesn’t make you above the rules.

We can’t normalize this.