The $10 Billion Cost of Pretending Norms Are Enough

Trump’s unprecedented lawsuit against the U.S. government isn’t the crisis. It’s the consequence. And we had every chance to prevent it.

Donald Trump is suing two of the most powerful institutions under his command, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department, for $10 billion. The basis of the lawsuit is a leak. In 2020, The New York Times published detailed information from Trump’s long-concealed tax returns, revealing years of tax avoidance and questionable financial …