Video transcript
It's almost impossible to miss the new banner bearing President Trump's face that just went up here at the Justice Department. If you've been in Washington in recent months, you've seen similar ones at the Department of Labor or the Department of Agriculture, for example, but this one seems to strike a different chord given it's the Department of Justice. Historically, administrations have tried to stress a level of independence between the West Wing and the White House and their Justice Department, arguing that politics doesn't influence who is being prosecuted, but it's safe to say that line has been erased since President Trump has taken office in his second term. We've seen him directly pressure the Attorney General to prosecute people who he perceives as his political enemies or people who have led prosecutions against him. The Justice Department says this banner is in honor of America's upcoming 250th birthday celebration, but if you look at this banner closely, it also echoes what President Trump himself has said, talking about the slogan, "Make America Safe Again."
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AI Day Analysis
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A day after the Supreme Court struck the tariffs 6-3, a proclamation raising them instead
Trump spent the day metabolizing the Supreme Court's ruling against his tariffs. Friday night he blamed the two justices he appointed and accused Republicans of disloyalty; Saturday morning he praised the three who sided with him, called the decision anti-American, and issued a formal statement saying he would raise tariffs anyway. The afternoon was routine political business — Texas endorsements, a run of Indiana primary polling graphics, a note about the Great Salt Lake — before the anger came back out on smaller targets: he yanked his endorsement of a Colorado congressman who opposed the tariffs, then demanded Netflix fire Susan Rice or "pay the consequences." He slept a full night in between and nothing suggests a manic stretch. The telling part is the direction of travel: unable to touch the Court, he found people who could be punished.