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Sunday thought: Our political trauma

Robert Reich
Dec 21, 2025
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Friends,

Trump calls it “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” I have a more accurate description: our political trauma.

After almost a year of Trump’s second term, I and many other people — including, very likely, you — are feeling exhausted, distraught, and sickened by what’s happened to our country and the world.

As Times columnist Bret Stephens puts it, we a…

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