The Art of the Manufactured Crisis

This week, the hysteria revolves around Trump’s clash with the courts.

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 13, 2025.

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So much is new and topsy-turvy in our national politics, but one thing has endured — the commitment of the Democrats and the media to whipping up insta-hysteria about something Donald Trump has said or done, or might say or do.

This has been a consistent thread in their reaction to Trump since 2015, and the near-unanimous insistence that we are in, or about to enter, “a constitutional crisis” over the last several days is the latest instance.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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