Jill Lawrence

Jill Lawrence, author of "The Art of the Political Deal," is an opinion writer for The Bulwark and other publications. She is a former politics editor, reporter and columnist at USA Today, National Journal, the Associated Press and The Daily Beast.

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Jill Lawrence

I bet I'm not the only person who recently typed “what is a correction” into a search box for the first time. Trump's economic choices have always been irrational. Now they're a danger hitting home for millions, including me. My latest at

The Bulwark

Cruelty and Indecision: Trump’s Recipe for Economic Chaos

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puts together the big picture and it's a devastating triple blow to the government and Americans: wasted manpower, wasted taxpayer dollars, and worse services. "They have no sense of the cascade of consequences they’re causing,” Max Stier says of DOGE. 🎁 wapo.st/4kLpNcW

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Jill Lawrence

Mar 13

I finally talked to the author of one of my favorite columns of 2016—a casino executive who worked with Trump in the 1980s. He and the company eventually decided that "terminating" the partnership was the wisest course. Will today's Republicans ever see the light? My latest

The Bulwark

“Our Company Could Not Coexist” with Trump as a Partner