Robert Reich: “Donald Trump isn't the cause of what ails America. He's the consequence. The real causes go back four decades.”

Donald Trump is a bully, and what he's trying to do is bully everybody.

Trump hosts the first full cabinet meeting of his second term today—with noncabinet member Elon Musk in attendance. It's yet another reminder of who the wealthiest administration in history actually serves: the billionaire class.

I think the biggest problem with having so many billionaires at the top of government is that billionaires don't exactly know how normal people live.

Trump's attempted takeover of the U.S. government is itself part of a larger strategy to replace American democracy with an oligarchy.