Pepperspectives
Trump’s Strategy: Divide and Conquer
Beyond broad-based attacks, Trump is pushing a strategy more grotesque than what we’ve seen before: singling out individual universities, colleges and law firms; threatening them with deep damage; then extracting concessions that essentially end those institutions’ independence from the government itself.
Path 1. United Defiance
Defy. Better yet, defy together. Fight back as one.
Path 2, Divided Compliance
What happens when you cave? When you comply? One at a time.
Individually, it’s a disaster.