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Trump’s Increasingly Creative Authoritarianism
The Trump administration employs policy tools including tariffs averaging 15% and patent threats under the Bayh-Dole Act to expand influence over universities and trade, officials said.
- Recently, President Donald Trump threatened to seize Harvard University’s patents under the Bayh-Dole Act, demanded admissions data from Columbia and Brown, and imposed a 15 percent tariff plus a 5 percent duty on Brazil and India.
- Critics say the Trump administration’s approach employs what opponents call `diabolical creativity` and is increasingly ruthless in its use of policy tools to serve political ends.
- Amid escalating tension, the administration weaponized security forces to repress dissent, with Trump mobilizing ICE, FBI, and the National Guard in Washington, DC, and Pete Hegseth rewriting military norms.
- Following the crackdown, critics highlighted the administration’s disregard for court rulings, with federal authorities targeting officials without legal basis.
- Observers warn these tactics signal a collapse of democratic norms, with critics saying fascism’s grip tightens under Donald Trump and the GOP.
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Trump’s Increasingly Creative Authoritarianism
The Trump administration has become increasingly creative—and ruthless—in its use and abuse of existing policy tools to further its agenda. It has, for instance, weaponized the Department of Justice’s Office of Civil Rights to reverse its historic mission. Instead of promoting diversity, it’s now working to end it. More recently, Trump has threatened to use legislation passed in 1980—the Bayh-Dole Act—to take over Harvard’s patents. While intend…
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