Avoid the Trump Trap

From Maduro to Iran to the Fed, reflexive resistance risks turning the left into defenders of an indefensible status quo. Don't fall for it, Corbin Trent argues

Corbin Trent, America's Undoing, and The Ink

Jan 13, 2026

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Is your autocrat’s enemy your friend?

Donald Trump’s accelerating pressure campaign to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell came to a head this weekend with Powell’s startling video announcement that the Department of Justice had served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas and was threatening a criminal indictment centering on Powell’s alleged mismana…

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Corbin Trent

I’m Corbin Trent: Appalachian contractor, GED & Culinary grad, co-founder Brand New Congress & Justice Democrats, Bernie staffer x2, AOC comms. Join me at America’s Undoing, where I write about rebuilding America’s future—together.

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America's Undoing

Helped elect AOC and push the Green New Deal. Now, I’m breaking down America’s decline—wages, healthcare, why people turn to MAGA, and what it’ll take to fix things.