Trump’s first week reveals his top goal, and his fundamental weakness

If the maximalism of this first week is the product of hubris, that means it’s much more likely that Trump will overreach, and probably sooner rather than later. It’s hard to know exactly what that looks like, but you can imagine a series of litigation and legislative defeats — or a genuine crisis created by his focus on retaliation and power grabs at the expense of governance — spiraling out of Trump’s control