If he wants to claim his FDR moment, the new president has a stark choice: make friends or make progress. There are tough lessons for the Left, as well.
When it comes to Donald Trump, the incoming president has a critical decision to make about the best way to move the country forward—and neither Democrats nor Republicans are likely to be happy about his choice.
Doina Sekirna, Bulgaria: Bulgarian dancers costumes perform a ritual dance with flaming torches during the Kukeri Carnival in western Bulgaria, on January 13. The Kukeri Carnival, a festival of brightly colored masks and costumes, marks the beginning of Spring. Every participant makes a multi-colored mask, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels.
Having lost the presidency, the Senate majority and now major platforms for disseminating lies and calls to violence, Trump World, or what's left of it, automatically shifted into self-pitying snowflake mode.
When the president placed the medal around my neck, it was the happiest moment of my life. I couldn't believe the president of the United States was giving me a medal.
"At this point in my career if I'm not paying a price to play the role, then it's really not worth it," The Equalizer's Lorraine Toussaint tells Newsweek.