A banner image of President Donald Trump hangs at the Department of Labor’s offices in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Aleksey Kondratyev/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE For President Donald Trump and his allies, the 2024 election was less a vote for a new administration than it was an enabling act for a new sovereign. The public had done more than give Trump the White House the way it might bless any candidate with presidential power. In their view, the vote was akin to regime…
