President Trump's Use of Executive Power: In conversation with Sasha Abramsky
Posted by C-Span on February 1, 2026
Posted by C-Span on February 1, 2026
"The title is based on a speech that Trump made in 2017 in his inauguration address. He delivered an extraordinarily dark speech about what he described as American Carnage playing out on the streets of the country. The thing about Trump’s presidency, both in Trump 1.0 and even more so in this current incarnation, is that Trump’s people, Trump’s rhetoric, and his incompetent inflammation of the political process are what is creating the American Carnage."