The president’s new ballroom showcases a new form of government for the United States. Ours is now a privately run nation governed by the rich from their unelected perches in their gated communities, yachts and private islands.

President Donald Trump is transferring America’s 250-year-long culture of public government into a political culture dominated by the private, aristocratic billionaire class. The rich are building this ballroom, and they will expect to have access to it when they want because it appears to be their government now. It is a good investment for them because they know that Trump does not plan to leave power at the end of his present term. As he said before, an election for the presidency will not be needed in 2028 because all our problems will be so well “fixed” that

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