Under Trump, then, the American state claims to be putting “America First,” especially the interests of U.S. capital, but U.S. capital is clearly disinterested in Trump’s adventures. Trump’s tariffs, opposed by virtually every American business group, is the ultimate illustration of the unrepresentative nature of his policy. Far from the state acting as the ideal collective capitalist, as structuralist Marxist theory supposes, the Trump administration does not even bother to consult the supposed beneficiaries to see if its proposed policies would serve their interests; they are only approached after the fact, when misalignment is revealed.