E.J. Dionne
@ejdionne.bsky.social
Prof. McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, New York Times opinion writer. Passionate Celtics fan. Opinions here are my own.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end … a great American city is being invaded by its own federal government.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end … a great American city is being invaded by its own federal government.”
Carney is laughing.
Trump wrote: “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”
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Trump wrote: “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”
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Trump withdraws Carney’s invitation to Board of Peace after Davos spat
President Donald Trump said the Canadian leader was no longer welcome on his “prestigious Board of Leaders” after the pair traded barbs in high-profile speeches in Davos.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Carney is laughing.
Trump wrote: “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Trump wrote: “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
More on Times/Sienna Poll from @natecohn.bsky.social:
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back….Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat” in 2020.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back….Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat” in 2020.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
The Voters Who Have Taken a U-Turn on Trump
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January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
More on Times/Sienna Poll from @natecohn.bsky.social:
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back….Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat” in 2020.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back….Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat” in 2020.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
This is a sharp observation by @edkilgore.bsky.social
on Trump’s sagging numbers in the @nytimes.com/Siena Poll:
“A startling 69% of under-30 voters and 67% of non-white voters, along with 62% of independents, say the president is ‘generally focused on the wrong issues’.”
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on Trump’s sagging numbers in the @nytimes.com/Siena Poll:
“A startling 69% of under-30 voters and 67% of non-white voters, along with 62% of independents, say the president is ‘generally focused on the wrong issues’.”
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Trump Is Losing the Swing Voters He Won in 2024
New polling shows once again that the young and non-white voters that helped Trump return to power are as unhappy with him as they were with Biden.
nymag.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is a sharp observation by @edkilgore.bsky.social
on Trump’s sagging numbers in the @nytimes.com/Siena Poll:
“A startling 69% of under-30 voters and 67% of non-white voters, along with 62% of independents, say the president is ‘generally focused on the wrong issues’.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
on Trump’s sagging numbers in the @nytimes.com/Siena Poll:
“A startling 69% of under-30 voters and 67% of non-white voters, along with 62% of independents, say the president is ‘generally focused on the wrong issues’.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
What Trump’s Greenland madness is doing: “Even if a compromise is found on Greenland…a sense is spreading in Europe that the historically unique friendship known as the West will never be the same again…the relationship has turned toxic.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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Europe Contends With a Big New Threat: the U.S.
Most governments in Europe seek to de-escalate the confrontation and want to delay the day when they decouple the region’s security and economy from the U.S.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
What Trump’s Greenland madness is doing: “Even if a compromise is found on Greenland…a sense is spreading in Europe that the historically unique friendship known as the West will never be the same again…the relationship has turned toxic.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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“The Supreme Court has a choice to make: weaken voter protections, further silencing the voices of Black and brown voters, or honor and preserve my father’s legacy and make real the promise of our democracy”
Thank you Martin Luther King III & @normornstein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Thank you Martin Luther King III & @normornstein.bsky.social
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Opinion | Martin Luther King’s Son: ‘Justice Demands Endurance’
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January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“The Supreme Court has a choice to make: weaken voter protections, further silencing the voices of Black and brown voters, or honor and preserve my father’s legacy and make real the promise of our democracy”
Thank you Martin Luther King III & @normornstein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Thank you Martin Luther King III & @normornstein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
On the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the administration made “ostentatiously dishonest statements that they knew would be contradicted by the video evidence…The federal government now speaks with the voice of the right-wing smear machine.”
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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@adamserwer.bsky.social
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First the Shooting. Then the Lies.
The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
On the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the administration made “ostentatiously dishonest statements that they knew would be contradicted by the video evidence…The federal government now speaks with the voice of the right-wing smear machine.”
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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@adamserwer.bsky.social
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Must-read defense of London @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @financialtimes.com against right-wing politicians who “wrap themselves in the British flag while cynically & dishonestly trashing their own country’s greatest city.”
A preview of what may hit Mamdani’s NYC
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A preview of what may hit Mamdani’s NYC
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The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
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January 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Must-read defense of London @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @financialtimes.com against right-wing politicians who “wrap themselves in the British flag while cynically & dishonestly trashing their own country’s greatest city.”
A preview of what may hit Mamdani’s NYC
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A preview of what may hit Mamdani’s NYC
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Reposted by E.J. Dionne
Recalling an old argument with a colleague over what we should say to each other at Christmas reminded me of the joy of living in a welcoming nation where we respect each other’s religious commitments, believers & skeptics alike. Let’s remember who we are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recalling an old argument with a colleague over what we should say to each other at Christmas reminded me of the joy of living in a welcoming nation where we respect each other’s religious commitments, believers & skeptics alike. Let’s remember who we are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Recalling an old argument with a colleague over what we should say to each other at Christmas reminded me of the joy of living in a welcoming nation where we respect each other’s religious commitments, believers & skeptics alike. Let’s remember who we are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recalling an old argument with a colleague over what we should say to each other at Christmas reminded me of the joy of living in a welcoming nation where we respect each other’s religious commitments, believers & skeptics alike. Let’s remember who we are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Why are House Republicans in such turmoil over healthcare? It’s simple: Obamacare is now popular. Many GOP voters depend on it.
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
Obamacare’s popularity is the Republicans’ problem | Brookings
From early backlash to broad public support, the ACA’s benefits turned it into a political third rail for Republicans.
www.brookings.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Why are House Republicans in such turmoil over healthcare? It’s simple: Obamacare is now popular. Many GOP voters depend on it.
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.”
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social calls it like it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social calls it like it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.”
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social calls it like it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social calls it like it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Why are House Republicans in such turmoil over healthcare? It’s simple: Obamacare is now popular. Many GOP voters depend on it.
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
Obamacare’s popularity is the Republicans’ problem | Brookings
From early backlash to broad public support, the ACA’s benefits turned it into a political third rail for Republicans.
www.brookings.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Why are House Republicans in such turmoil over healthcare? It’s simple: Obamacare is now popular. Many GOP voters depend on it.
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
My @BrookingsGov analysis (it includes some excellent @kff.org data) on how the ACA won the battle for public opinion.
www.brookings.edu/articles/oba...
There’s something just so odd to me about the United States of America, which was built on immigration, and Trump’s security strategy saying Europe is falling apart now because it is welcoming immigrants. it’s a very disconcerting view
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | The Trump Economy and America’s Bad Mood
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There’s something just so odd to me about the United States of America, which was built on immigration, and Trump’s security strategy saying Europe is falling apart now because it is welcoming immigrants. it’s a very disconcerting view
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Who are Dems seeking for 2028? Someone who can express anger about Trump and inequality but marry that to a sense of a hopeful future. There is a big market for empathy and solidarity out there.
From my @nytimes.com chat with David Brooks & Robert Siegel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From my @nytimes.com chat with David Brooks & Robert Siegel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | David Brooks, E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel Take Stock of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Who are Dems seeking for 2028? Someone who can express anger about Trump and inequality but marry that to a sense of a hopeful future. There is a big market for empathy and solidarity out there.
From my @nytimes.com chat with David Brooks & Robert Siegel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From my @nytimes.com chat with David Brooks & Robert Siegel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
An exceptionally well-researched piece on Stephen Miller by @gregsargent.bsky.social. It’s well worth your time. The irony that Greg points to is that the Miller-Trump immigration approach will make America less great, less prosperous & untrue to its best traditions.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An exceptionally well-researched piece on Stephen Miller by @gregsargent.bsky.social. It’s well worth your time. The irony that Greg points to is that the Miller-Trump immigration approach will make America less great, less prosperous & untrue to its best traditions.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner is heartbreaking.
Trump’s cruel, unhinged response is unconscionable.
This appreciation of Rob Reiner by Harold Meyerson @prospect.org is beautiful, a moving account of both his artistic and political gifts.
prospect.org/2025/12/16/r...
Trump’s cruel, unhinged response is unconscionable.
This appreciation of Rob Reiner by Harold Meyerson @prospect.org is beautiful, a moving account of both his artistic and political gifts.
prospect.org/2025/12/16/r...
A Talent for Comedy and Liberal Politics - The American Prospect
Rob Reiner was a mainstream liberal, devoted to expanding social rights and benefits to people arbitrarily denied them.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner is heartbreaking.
Trump’s cruel, unhinged response is unconscionable.
This appreciation of Rob Reiner by Harold Meyerson @prospect.org is beautiful, a moving account of both his artistic and political gifts.
prospect.org/2025/12/16/r...
Trump’s cruel, unhinged response is unconscionable.
This appreciation of Rob Reiner by Harold Meyerson @prospect.org is beautiful, a moving account of both his artistic and political gifts.
prospect.org/2025/12/16/r...
A corollary to Abe Lincoln—you can’t fool all the people who voted for you all the time— explains Trump’s collapsing approval ratings. Trumpian flimflam has hit its limits. A reasonable majority exists. It’s searching for alternatives to a leader & a movement it has found wanting.
Trump faces a backlash from The Reasonable Majority. Up to a quarter of those who voted for him are changing their minds as he ignores his economic & health care promises, abuses power on immigration & tariffs and uses office for personal gain & revenge.
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A corollary to Abe Lincoln—you can’t fool all the people who voted for you all the time— explains Trump’s collapsing approval ratings. Trumpian flimflam has hit its limits. A reasonable majority exists. It’s searching for alternatives to a leader & a movement it has found wanting.
Reposted by E.J. Dionne
Trump faces a backlash from The Reasonable Majority. Up to a quarter of those who voted for him are changing their minds as he ignores his economic & health care promises, abuses power on immigration & tariffs and uses office for personal gain & revenge.
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump faces a backlash from The Reasonable Majority. Up to a quarter of those who voted for him are changing their minds as he ignores his economic & health care promises, abuses power on immigration & tariffs and uses office for personal gain & revenge.
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Trump faces a backlash from The Reasonable Majority. Up to a quarter of those who voted for him are changing their minds as he ignores his economic & health care promises, abuses power on immigration & tariffs and uses office for personal gain & revenge.
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump faces a backlash from The Reasonable Majority. Up to a quarter of those who voted for him are changing their minds as he ignores his economic & health care promises, abuses power on immigration & tariffs and uses office for personal gain & revenge.
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
My column
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Reposted by E.J. Dionne
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, a deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a fiercely mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living continues to fuel discontent.
My take @BrookingsGov
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My take @BrookingsGov
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EJ Dionne on X: "Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living keeps fueling discontent. My take @BrookingsGov https://t.co/gpBplQhBse" / X
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living keeps fueling discontent. My take @BrookingsGov https://t.co/gpBplQhBse
x.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, a deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a fiercely mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living continues to fuel discontent.
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, a deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a fiercely mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living continues to fuel discontent.
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
EJ Dionne on X: "Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living keeps fueling discontent. My take @BrookingsGov https://t.co/gpBplQhBse" / X
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living keeps fueling discontent. My take @BrookingsGov https://t.co/gpBplQhBse
x.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, a deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a fiercely mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living continues to fuel discontent.
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
My take @BrookingsGov
x.com/ejdionne/sta...
Thanksgiving is the most traditional holiday & the most radical. On this day, striving gives way to the reality that the best things we do are contingent on support from others & on social circumstances that make our successes possible.
#HappyThanksgiving
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#HappyThanksgiving
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Opinion | Thanksgiving is not just about gratitude. It’s about setting a moral example.
We owe so much to so many.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thanksgiving is the most traditional holiday & the most radical. On this day, striving gives way to the reality that the best things we do are contingent on support from others & on social circumstances that make our successes possible.
#HappyThanksgiving
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#HappyThanksgiving
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V-enlightening piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
All this is being widely mocked as a gaffe: Doesn’t suggesting we have “no” talented people here undercut “America First”? But we should also see it as something else: an expression of Trump’s growing political weakness on the broader immigration issue. It also hints at a deeper schism in MAGA that Democrats should get serious about exploiting.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
V-enlightening piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
Reposted by E.J. Dionne
Spanberger, Sherrill & Mamdani all saw Trump’s contempt for his own voters.
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Spanberger, Sherrill & Mamdani all saw Trump’s contempt for his own voters.
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...