by Rich Lowry
Trump has shifted the Overton window in the culture away from woke, and it’s hard to imagine it shifting all the way back.
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 31, 2025.
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After hubris comes nemesis, and after the frenzied excesses of the woke revolution came Donald Trump.
The left didn’t lose everything with Trump’s second victory in 2024, but it did lose something that will be impossible to recover — broad cultural acquiescence to a radical agenda that briefly appeared to be sweeping all before it.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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After hubris comes nemesis, and after the frenzied excesses of the woke revolution came Donald Trump.
The left didn’t lose everything with Trump’s second victory in 2024, but it did lose something that will be impossible to recover — broad cultural acquiescence to a radical agenda that briefly appeared to be sweeping all before it.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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