Is the fever of Trumpism starting to break? | Robert Reich

Americans should feel encouraged by the tenacity of judges and prosecutors in holding Trump accountable

There's reason to feel a bit more secure about the strength of American democracy, notwithstanding Donald Trump's escalating threats.

For one thing, a large bipartisan coalition in both chambers of Congress has beat back the House Maga Republicans' attempt to shut down the government.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com

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