Trump’s assault on elites encompasses almost every aspect of American life

President Trump is using raw presidential power to bend the government, law, media, public health, foreign policy, education and even the arts to his will.

The White House forced Columbia University to restrict demonstrations, review its Middle East curriculum, ban masks in protests and stiffen law enforcement.

The strategy may widen the political opening created by conservative pressure on top colleges over anti-Israel protests amid the war in Gaza .

Trump sketched out his approach in multiple policy areas in his searing inaugural address.

Administration’s insistence that what it regards as an elite liberal corps of district court judges don’t have the right to interpret the Constitution constrains the power of an all-powerful president is now encroaching on the rule of law in America .

The deportations are one of the most prominent examples of the administration’s habit to applying vast executive power in an apparent attempt to outrun the capacity of the courts or its political opponents to impose constraints in real time.

The ambition of leaving existing sources of elite power in Washington in tatters runs through the administration's goals, including the seizure of control of the White House press pool from journalists.