make the rules

The FDA does not make the rules - it carries out policies passed by Congress and works to limit unhealthy foods by enforcing limits and labelling on certain nutrients, like sodium and saturated fat.

But in response, Verstappen said: "It's how the rules are written. I don't make the rules. I just follow the rules as much as I can. I just implement the rules and play with them."

And so, at the State Department, the leadership talks about a “rules-based order,” which all too often actually means: “We make the rules, we break the rules.”

“As long as America was the unchallenged global superpower ... we were like a teenage bully on a playground of third-graders. We could make the rules for everyone else,” he said.

“You’re in my home. I make the rules. There is no escaping, little one. You, your brother, and your friend belong to me. But maybe...”