I used to think Trump was a tyrant with a strategy. But watching this second term unfold, I’m not so sure.

There’s strategy, yes—but underneath it all, there’s something simpler. This is a man stuck emotionally at fifteen years old. Every reaction is defensive. Every insult must be avenged. Every institution is just another teacher he thinks he’s smarter than.

It’s not just petty. It’s dangerous.

Because the stakes are no longer report cards or TV ratings. They’re civil liberties, international treaties, nuclear arsenals.

He surrounds himself with flatterers because disagreement feels like betrayal. He lashes out at the press because scrutiny feels like shame. And when he feels humiliated, he doesn’t retreat—he retaliates. Now with actual weapons of state.

We’re not just governed by ego. We’re governed by arrested development.

And no one’s keeping him after school anymore.