Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 4, 2025
How movies foretold the perils of the Trump administration
From nuclear satire to political farce, these movies offer a prophetic lens on the dangers of Trump's leadership.
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We bear witness daily to President Trump executing his authoritarian agenda; he is systematically dismantling checks and balances mandated in the U.S. Constitution, first seizing and then deploying state police power to suppress his opponents, and using federal police power to criminalize any dissent. He is also stacking the courts and bureaucracy with loyalists, eliminating subject-matter expertise across the executive branch, making clear he will ...
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