There’s a telling scene in Regime Change , the devastating new chronicle from New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan about the first year of the second Trump administration. Elon Musk, erstwhile DOGE leader, had just split with the president over the Big Beautiful Bill, ranting on social media that the signature piece of legislation was an “abomination.” Swan and Haberman describe President Trump’s reaction when he sees the post: He looked at it for several beats, an