Why Trump isn’t bothering to hide his corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/trump-corruption-autocracy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"The first blow against autocracy is the refusal of cynical complacency. Right after Trump’s first election, the Russian émigré journalist M Gessen proposed some “rules” for surviving autocracy. Among them: “Be outraged ... [I]n the face of the impulse to normalize, it is essential to maintain one’s capacity for shock.”"