Is that, is the noise coming from you, Lenny?

Oh, yes.

That might be the radiator.

I'm sorry.

Lenny's radiator.

What do you have to say about German politics?

Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast. I'm Gailen Rook.

We're now a little over a month into President Trump's second term, and despite a far

heavier hand than marked the beginning of Trump's first term, the so-called Democratic

Resistance is hardly making waves. At this point, eight years ago, members of the

resistance had held a massive women's march in Washington, D.C., and protested a ban on

entries from predominantly Muslim countries at airports across the country. They also poured

millions into Democratic Party funds and liberal nonprofit groups and had begun to put

into motion the political pressure that would lead to investigations into Russian election interference.

This time around, Trump has issued executive actions, including numerous that may well be

unconstitutional, at a record pace. He's asked thousands of federal workers and replaced high-ranking officials with loyalists across the pace. He's axed thousands of federal workers and replaced high-ranking

officials with loyalists across the government. He's levied new tariffs, threatened sweeping

tariffs on allies, even suggested the hostile takeover of allies, and issued ever more off-the-rails

late-night statements. Democrats are certainly pulling their hair out, but so far that seems to be

the extent of it. And meanwhile, the Democratic Party has reached at least a 15-year low in the

public's view. According to a Quinnipiac poll, 57% of registered voters have an unfavorable view

of the party, while that's just 45% for the Republican Party.

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