Scott Detrow

But the mere fact that the world was talking about the U.S.

coming to own Greenland in any capacity says a lot about the Trump administration one year in.

In his second stint in the presidency, Trump has repeatedly said and done things that were previously assumed to be unacceptable to voters.

In a surprise 80-minute appearance at the White House on Tuesday, Trump celebrated several of them.

There have been lawsuits, protests, a record-breaking government shutdown, resignations at top levels of government and the military.

But in general, the Trump administration continues undeterred on almost all of its agenda.

Consider this.

One year in, Trump's most notable move might not be in foreign policy or his federal prosecution of his political enemies or his deploying troops to cities amid protests.

It might be in how he has discouraged effective challenges to his power.

From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.

It's Consider This from NPR.

In just one year, the Trump administration has pushed the window of what is possible in politics so far that its opposition just seems exhausted.

Ashley Parker wrote about this for The Atlantic.

Ashley, thanks for joining us.

I want to start with the title of your essay.

The president has had this term for critics for years now that they suffer from Trump derangement syndrome.

And you wrote that there's been so little meaningful resistance this term that we might think about Trump exhaustion syndrome instead.

Can you tell me more about what you're thinking about with that?

I think you also gave a really good example when you talked about the boiling frog.

You walk through the series of events leading up to the seizure of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.