Trump has used his second term’s first phase to swing a wrecking ball through the American establishment.

Question

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump “has used the first phase of his second term to swing a wrecking ball through the American establishment with astonishing speed and force,” Oren Cass writes in a guest essay. But, as Congress returns from its August recess, a question remains: What now?

Answer 1

I did some searching on whether Oren Cass made this statement about President Trump’s second term. I found a post on Bluesky from the official New York Times profile, which cites a guest essay by Oren Cass. The post states that Cass wrote that President Trump “has used the first phase of his second term to swing a wrecking ball through the American establishment with astonishing speed and force” and poses the question, “What now?” as Congress returns from its August recess. Since the Bluesky post references a guest essay by Oren Cass and the quote matches the language used in the post, I can confirm that the statement is true.