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October 28, 2025

 

The dire warnings about Donald Trump taking office again have filled people’s heads with visions of soldiers rounding up migrants and Anthony Fauci behind bars, but there are other smaller — though no less pernicious — ways that the next administration will affect American life. (Will you have to pay for a weather forecast?) Today, Jeff Wise reports on the detailed plans for government by, for, and of MAGA.
—Justin Miller, deputy editor, Intelligencer

APOCALYPSE SOON

How Trump Will Change America This Time A detailed look at his plans for the government — and for retribution.

By Jeff Wise

Photo-Illustration: Stevie Remsberg; New York Magazine

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