Trump’s Shutdown Could Spark Corruption In Prisons, Airports, Border Crossings

Remember when I was asked, just after the election, how his presidency would go and I ventured that he’d accomplish things no one thought could but at smaller scale power would dissipate into petty local fiefdoms? This is, realistically, what the latter part would look like.

Consider the mature strong leader/weak system regime of Chicago, where “the city is dominated by a well-integrated machine” in practice doesn’t mean civic totalitarianism, but a world where nothing can keep the mayor from his priorities but laws, taxes, and employee pay are negotiated between citizens and state agents at the street level