monkey wrench

In other instances people are just looking to “throw monkey wrenches into the gears of Democracy because, for adversaries, weakening the United States is something they try to do generally.”

The conservative justices threw a monkey wrench into the case with their opinion granting broad presidential immunity from prosecution, working through the implications of which will take at least another year.

But even in areas that typically don't face powerful storms, wildfires or floods, climate change is throwing intense monkey wrenches into what is expected.

A monkey wrench in all this is the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which became law in June to thwart the federal government defaulting on its debt.

One potential monkey wrench for the dollar, however, may be lurking in Japan.