By Dannagal G Young
It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second inaugural address.
And so it is. The latest installment of that assertion came in his January 30, 2025, press conference about the Potomac plane crash. When asked how he had concluded that diversity policies were responsible for a crash that was still under investigation, Trump responded, “Because I have common sense, OK?”
“Common sense” is what’s known to scholars as
