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By Ross Douthat
Opinion Columnist
Seven months into the second Trump administration, the future of American liberalism is still opaque. I can identify movements contending for influence — the Trump-focused neo-resistance politics of the No Kings protests, the neo-neoliberalism emphasizing political moderation and economic growth, the socialist enthusiasm around Zohran Mamdani’s New York mayoral campaign. But none of them seem like definite expressions of an emerging zeitgeist, or forces with the strong winds of history at their backs.
