Everything Donald Trump is saying and doing in his second term makes sense — if you understand the one basic thing that motivates him.
His need for revenge.
Not just on the people and institutions that went after him, but on the country itself.
More on that in a moment.
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The news coming out of this administration since January 2025 feels scattered, even irrational — a policy change here, a staffing cut there, another escalation overseas, another sudden shift in tariffs.
It doesn’t feel connected.
But if you pull back — just a little — you start to see the pattern.
