The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World by Brian Tyler Cohen

The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World

by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Politics & Power

The norms you're waiting to see restored after Trump aren't coming back, and Congress already runs like a parliamentary system with little bipartisanship. Cohen asks how Republicans abused power and why Democrats didn't use theirs. At the end of the day, his answer is that you remake institutions after winning rather than defend them as they are.

Core ideas
  • A radical right: In his view the conservative project isn't conservative at all, so going back to the old status quo can't be the goal.
  • End the filibuster: It protects positions voters have already rejected, and the Electoral College should be abolished too.
  • Courts and accountability: Add four justices, eight-year term limits and mandatory retirement at 70, plus a Justice Department unit to prosecute Trump-administration corruption.
Published2026
Pages208
ISBN9780063495104
ReadJul 2026

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