Yesterday, "Why it matters" in Axios gave a lower-level fact that answered "What happened?" Today's "Why it matters" gives two higher-level facts that suggest what motivated Trump's demand. Why stick to a rigid format for stories where it doesn't work?

"Why it matters" in Axios, gives lower-level facts. That's not an answer to why? but an answer to what?

Conclusion: Trump found the limits to his power.
Why?
Premise: Trump failed 3 times to get what he wanted.
Premise: Anyone who failed 3 times to get what he wanted found the limits to his power.

If you want to make it quick and easy for your audience, wouldn't you structure it like this?

𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲: Musk spread false information on X.
𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁: The false information killed a spending bill.
𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁?: Musk wields enormous political power.

This is from Yuval Noah Harari's latest book 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴.
So, the arrow represents "is a weapon for the achievement of".
I don't think I've ever seen an arrow used that way before.

I finished Barzun's 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
I agree that modern humans are discontent, but I don't find his reasoning convincing. However, before I can critique it I want to present it in its strongest form.