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Steven Simon on ‘Trump’s Century of Days’

Jun 13, 2025

Steven Simon, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Davidson Institute for Global Security, writes an opinion piece about President Trump’s first 100 days for The International Institute for Strategic Studies. “While Trump’s grip on American politics and governance may appear vice-like, he lacks a genuine democratic mandate. His audacious, breakneck lawlessness makes his power seem greater than it may actually be,” Simon writes.

Read the op ed here.