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There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump

There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump

The Opinions
Feb 13, 2025 29 min
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<p>The deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks with the columnist M. Gessen about why so many people and institutions, including Democrats, have bent the knee to Trump, despite strongly disagreeing with him.</p><p>Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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