Is Donald Trump a great president? That’s the question posed by John F. Harris in Politico, less in the spirit of endorsing Trump than suggesting that he is nothing less than “the greatest figure of his age.” Trump has now dominated American politics for over a decade. The Biden administration increasingly looks like a mere interregnum now that Trump has been elected, or, if you prefer, restored, to power. Joe Biden and company may have winced at Trump’s farrago of boasts and promises during his inaugural speech at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, but it was clear that Trump is determined to sweep out the ancien regime and replace it with his new ruling establishment.

Unlike the Democrats, who retreated to technocratic policies during the Biden administration, Trump has a sweeping vision for a “golden age.” A new Monroe doctrine. Raising tariffs. Energy independence. Sealing the border. Ending DEI. “Nothing,” he declared, “will stop us.”

Trump, as CNN’s Scott Jennings noted, is at the “apex of his power.” One symbol of that power was not merely that he surrounded himself with billionaire tech bros at the Capitol, but that he relegated the Republican governors and other conservative worthies to Emancipation Hall. Only after he delivered his inaugural address did Trump condescend to address these GOP stalwarts. They had to stand patiently as he embarked upon a prolonged and tedious denunciation of his numerous enemies, ranging from Liz........

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