How Trump's regime has become captive to its own lies

How Trump's regime has become captive to its own lies Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 16:48 The US is no longer taken seriously by the world. It is watched, and quietly dismissed - not as a stable hegemon, but as a volatile spectacle A person carries a giant caricature of US President Donald Trump during a rally in Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 September 2025 (Joseph Prezioso/AFP) Off In The Power of the Powerless, Vaclav Havel described a system in which lies are not incidental, but foundational