The Trump administration is engaged in unprecedented disruption. Some policy reforms were needed and some were demanded by his supporters. The consequences and endurance of those changes will be decided at the ballot box. Several recent actions, however, are such an extreme departure from bedrock national traditions and legal norms that the scrutiny must be immediate and sustained.
VENEZUELAN BOAT ATTACKS
On Friday, U.S. military drones destroyed a fourth Venezuelan boat in open seas, with the total death toll now at 21. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth both posted videos of the explosion, with the president saying there were enough illegal narcotics on the boat to kill "25 to 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE."
The latest attack came days after Pentagon officials met with U.S. senators questio