Anne Applebaum

I think it's very important to understand that DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is not primarily interested in efficiency. If it were, it wouldn't have encouraged mass resignations in the civil service, nor is it primarily interested in transparency or accountability or better government. If it were interested in those things, it wouldn't be firing random people.

I think it's very important to understand that DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is not primarily interested in efficiency. If it were, it wouldn't have encouraged mass resignations in the civil service, nor is it primarily interested in transparency or accountability or better government. If it were interested in those things, it wouldn't be firing random people.

I think it's very important to understand that DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is not primarily interested in efficiency. If it were, it wouldn't have encouraged mass resignations in the civil service, nor is it primarily interested in transparency or accountability or better government. If it were interested in those things, it wouldn't be firing random people.

It wouldn't be searching for to get control of data for unclear purposes. It wouldn't be dissolving whole departments. What DOGE is interested in is something that I've seen happen in other countries. What it's doing is altering the nature and values of the American federal civil service.

It wouldn't be searching for to get control of data for unclear purposes. It wouldn't be dissolving whole departments. What DOGE is interested in is something that I've seen happen in other countries. What it's doing is altering the nature and values of the American federal civil service.

It wouldn't be searching for to get control of data for unclear purposes. It wouldn't be dissolving whole departments. What DOGE is interested in is something that I've seen happen in other countries. What it's doing is altering the nature and values of the American federal civil service.

What Trump and people around him have been calling for for a long time is a new kind of politics in America and a new kind of government. And now what we see is them carrying out that desire.

What Trump and people around him have been calling for for a long time is a new kind of politics in America and a new kind of government. And now what we see is them carrying out that desire.

What Trump and people around him have been calling for for a long time is a new kind of politics in America and a new kind of government. And now what we see is them carrying out that desire.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And speaking as a representative of the movement that brought us January the 6th and an attempt to overthrow US election, implying that he was more democratic and his movement was more democratic. And two aspects of this were offensive. One was the fact that he didn't address any of the real security issues.

And speaking as a representative of the movement that brought us January the 6th and an attempt to overthrow US election, implying that he was more democratic and his movement was more democratic. And two aspects of this were offensive. One was the fact that he didn't address any of the real security issues.