This Isn’t Governing—It’s Sabotage
Trump's screw ups are breaking America
Hey, it’s Sam Stein.
The Trump White House is a mess. Not just chaotic. We’re talking major screw ups happening all the time. It is dysfunction on a level we haven’t really seen before.
To tick through just a few recent lowlights:
They mistakenly deported a man in defiance of court orders.
They sent an unauthorized letter to Harvard demanding federal oversight of admissions.
They leaked war plans—twice—in Signal group chats.
Their tariff math is so wrong it nearly tanked the global economy.
And instead of fixing any of it, they just double down. They insist they’ve done nothing wrong. And rather than apologize and fix things, they escalate, breaking institutions, pushing the boundaries of the law, and expanding presidential powers in the process.
It’s governing without guardrails—and it’s happening in real time. Every. Single. Day
This is why we built The Bulwark. To track the screwups. To expose the lies. To defend what’s left of the guardrails. Because old media certainly isn’t holding these guys to account—lots of legacy publications are actively sucking up to Trump.
We’re built different.
We never spin to flatter people’s biases. We don’t have any corporate overlords, and we don’t care if we made Trump’s goons mad at us.
We can only keep doing this work because of Bulwark+ members.
If you value this kind of reporting—the kind that calls out reckless power and defends truth—then we need you with us.
Join Bulwark+. You’ll get more analysis, more newsletters, more podcasts, and a community of people who actually give a damn.
But most importantly, you’ll be part of holding this mistake-riddled administration to account.
We’re living through history, guys. The crisis is here. It’s wreaking havoc on the country every single day. We’ve got work to do—join us.
-Sam Stein