The Hidden Gifts in Trump’s Executive Orders

Sometimes what looks like a crackdown is a place for resistance to begin.

🎁 Just taking a moment to honour one of life’s best gifts to all who know him — my wonderful partner, E. Thank you for believing in me and supporting my writing — even through your recovery from a broken pelvis! — and for being so patient while I finish this post. Wishing you a wonderful birthday, and many more to come. x

Dear friends

It’s been a heavy couple of weeks for all of us, and when we're already feeling that weight so keenly, my piece on Trump’s Wildfire Executive Order may have seemed like more than you could carry.

But that piece wasn’t meant to close a door. It was meant to open it.

On the surface, Trump’s Executive Orders are often designed to look like swift, muscular exercises of power — but underneath, many of them are actually gifts to the Resistance, if we know how to use them.

Let me walk you through why.

1. Trump tends to overreach

Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) often reach further than they can actually hold. They land with force, as if he’s reshaping the country in…