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| MAY 2, 2025 Hundred Days PoorAfter 100 Days of Trump, a Growing Economy Started Shrinking → Donald Trump hit the 100th day of his second term, a benchmark that typically “triggers a slew of sober press assessments, gauging the White House’s roster of early achievements against those of past administrations.” But Trump 2.0 has been so unorthodox, Chris Lehmann explains, that it was instantly marked not by the usual grading of public policy but by our shrunken economy: “The lurch into negative territory signals a potential recession in the offing.” What’s happening now couldn’t be a weirder shadow to the original 100-day milestone, which began with FDR’s policies to pull the country out of a depression. “Roosevelt saved the democracy,” writes Robert L. Borosage. But with Trump rolling back the New Deal and “opening the country to new excesses of private plunder,” he could sink the country into a depression and launch a “reign of chaos and corruption.” But a little hope is perhaps to be found beyond our borders. This week, in Canada, the Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Mark Carney eked out a victory over the Conservative Party. Our Canadian correspondent Jeet Heer argues that Carney’s win is a direct result of Trumpism. “Trump has repeatedly called for Canada to be annexed by the United States and turned into the 51st state,” Heer writes. And this “revival of 19th-century imperialism has rattled the Canadian electorate.” With a rampaging Trump to the south, Carney’s appeal was that he stood for Canadian sovereignty and stability. With such close election results, “liberal centrism continues to hold, but only tenuously.” -Alana PockrosEngagement Editor, The NationADVERTISEMENT FEATUREDAfter 100 Days of Trump, a Growing Economy Started Shrinking And according to the president, it’s all Joe Biden’s fault. CHRIS LEHMANN 100 Days of Chaos and Calumnies Where FDR used his radio addresses to reassure a distressed nation andprovide hope, Trump employs his bully pulpit and social media to shockand appall. ROBERT L. BOROSAGE In Canada’s Anti-Trump Election, Liberals Eke Out a Victory As recently as January 20, it looked like the conservatives were on track for a historic win—but then Trump came to power next door. JEET HEER ADVERTISEMENT Tender, Compassionate, Crushing: the Fiction of Shulamith Firestone In Airless Spaces, the feminist theorist dramatizes what happens when capitalist alienation makes everybody miserable. ZOE DUBNO May Day Is a Day for Strikes May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. SHAWN FAIN MORE FROM THE NATIONThe Last (Michael) Waltz We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser. JEET HEER A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is. BENJAMIN Y. FONG War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin. REBECCA GORDON The Bloody Blues of “Sinners” Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster horror period piece sets out to reinvent the creature feature—for better and for worse. STEPHEN KEARSEOur May 2025 Issue: The Other Red Hat. Plus: Spring Books! Not yet a subscriber of The Nation? Get one year of unlimited digital access for just $14.95. Subscribe Shop • Travels • Donate |