Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Politics

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome

Americans can’t seem to keep up.

First published in The Atlantic on January 20, 2026.

by Ashley Parker, The Atlantic
January 22, 2026 | reading time: 13 Min.

Among the greatest tricks Donald Trump ever pulled is convincing significant portions of the population that the slow erosion of their rights is not, actually, that big of a deal.

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