All the President’s Radical Men

In All the President’s Men, Deep Throat tells the reporters to “follow the money”—a hint that the criminal conspiracy they’re investigating came from the top.

President Donald Trump has flipped that script. His second administration isn't a story about how dirty trails all lead up to one grand schemer, but rather that there’s no scheme at all. In the absence of a plan—even a nefarious one—the immense power of the federal government is getting distributed to all the president’s radical men.

In March, I wrote that there were three agendas at work in this administration: Trump’s (and a collection of low-talent cling-ons like Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth) driven solely by power, money and retribution; the “Heritage faction”—led by Office of Management and Budget head and project 2025 v