Justin Fox, Columnist

The White House? More Like the Fun House

Trump seems like he's having the time of his life bending the government to his will in ways he could only have dreamed of during his first term.

September 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM UTC

By Justin Fox

Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he is author of “The Myth of the Rational Market.”

Basking in the glow.
Photographer: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images North America

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