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Front Burner
with Jayme Poisson
What happened to ‘The Resistance’?
32 mins
March 7, 2025

Donald Trump’s first four years in office were met with protest and obstruction — a popular movement which came to be known as ‘The Resistance.’ It featured a coalition that included members of the media, establishment Republicans, figures on the left, celebrities and business leaders. 


Forty days into his second term, many are wondering: what happened to ‘The Resistance.’ 


Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and joins us to discuss ‘Resistance Fatigue,’ the Trump administration’s plan to overwhelm the attention of the public, and whether people are, today, too overburdened to care.


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