Recovery is unlikely.

https://www.bespacific.com/america-is-now-a-rogue-superpower/

America Is Now a Rogue Superpower

The Atlantic Gift Article: “Whenever and however America’s war with Iran ends, it has both exposed and exacerbated the dangers of our new, fractured, multipolar reality—driving deeper wedges between the United States and former friends and allies; strengthening the hands of the expansionist great powers, Russia and China; accelerating global political and economic chaos; and leaving the United States weaker and more isolated than at any time since the 1930s. Even success against Iran will be hollow if it hastens the collapse of the alliance system that for eight decades has been the true source of America’s power, influence, and security. For America’s friends and allies in Europe, the Iran war has been a significant strategic setback. As Russia and Ukraine wage a grinding war that will be “won” by whoever can hold on the longest, the Iran war has materially and psychologically helped Russia and hurt Ukraine. Even before Donald Trump lifted oil sanctions on Russia, oil prices were skyrocketing—and filling Vladimir Putin’s war chest with billions of dollars, just as Russia’s wartime deficits were starting to cause significant pain. The unexpected windfall gives Putin more time and capacity to continue destroying Ukraine’s economic infrastructure and energy grid. Meanwhile, the Persian Gulf states are burning through U.S.-provided stocks of air-defense interceptors, drawing on the same limited supply that Ukraine depends on to defend its largest cities from Russian missile strikes…”

Is that how it is supposed to work?

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5806968-federal-courts-trump-doj-ethics/

Department of Justice proposes putting its attorneys above the law

… Rather than requiring more accountability of its attorneys, the department is proposing to eviscerate the controls that do exist, by making itself the judge of whether misconduct has occurred. This is why alarm bells should be sounded by the Department of Justice’s recent decision to issue a proposed rule which would turn the system on its head. 

The draft rule would effectively empower the department to indefinitely interrupt state disciplinary investigations by directing an internal “review” of allegations of misconduct against its own attorneys. Further, it ominously provides that should the relevant state bar disciplinary authority refuse the attorney general’s “request” to halt its investigation, “The Department shall take appropriate action to prevent the bar disciplinary authorities from interfering with the Attorney General’s review of the allegations.”  

My amusement continues.

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/yet-another-group-of-useful-maxims

Yet Another Group of Useful Maxims