Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat Intensifies a Growing Power Struggle

Heather Cox Richardson argues that Trump’s threats to detonate NATO and invoke the Insurrection Act, combined with the Epstein-file controversy, ICE violence, and a series of high-profile political and press-related tensions, signal a White House intent on consolidating power. The episodes—amid public disapproval of ICE, GOP pushback, and legal constraints from courts and journalists—point to a broader shift from immigration policing to suppressing political opponents, heightening domestic tension and raising questions about press freedom and constitutional limits.