A lot of what the second Trump administration has done in 2025 is unprecedented, including such innovations as DOGE disrupting the federal bureaucracy, the challenging of any limitations on presidential power, the many executive orders targeting the president’s enemies, and the deployment of MAGA social-media-influencer rhetoric in official federal-government communications. In this context, where 2024 Trump supporters are constantly being asked “Did you vote for this?,” warmed-over outrages from the first Trump administration feel a bit underwhelming.

The one retread policy initiative that might break through the general madness is the latest travel ban, announced via a Trump proclamation on June 4. The original Muslim travel ban, issued on January 27, 2017, was a really big deal. It s

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