For years, anyone who claimed that Trump would ruin America was accused of Trump Derangement System (TDS), or at least called out for thinking the sky was falling. His first term was bad, but we survived it, right? You’re being crazy.
You don’t hear those accusations so much anymore. The first two weeks of 2026 were pivotal. ICE is running wild in the streets of Minneapolis, while Americans in other cities pray that they stay off the ICE radar. The pots and pans celebrating the brave healthcare workers of the early years of COVID have been replaced by whistles warning ICE targets that their lives are at risk.
Trump is still unwell, and his polling continues to fall off the cliff, but at the same time the danger of his whims is growing by the second.
Rick Wilson & Stuart Stevens welcomed former FBI official and national security expert Frank Figliuzzi, to discuss the power of protest in the extremely dangerous days of a failing autocrat.
And don’t miss Frank’s weekly column for Lincoln Square, where he shares his insights into law enforcement, the legal system and national security.
