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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Donald Trump
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For eight years, Joe Nocera suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Now, in an open letter to his fellow Americans, he writes: Resistance is futile.
By Joe Nocera
11.13.24 — U.S. Politics
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My Fellow Sufferers, 

It’s been a week since the election, and I know it still hurts. It’s hard to shake Trump Derangement Syndrome, especially given some of the things Donald Trump said during his campaign (Haitian migrants are eating pets) and some of the things he promises to do once in office (use the Department of Justice to enact revenge on his political enemies). But I’m going to give you some advice. Give it up. Let it go. Yes, he remains The Most Awful Man Ever to Hold the Office of President. But the voters have spoken, and if you continue to wallow in your TDS, the only thing it’s going to lead to is high blood pressure. 

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Joe Nocera
Joe Nocera is an editor and writer at The Free Press. During his long career in journalism, he has been a columnist at The New York Times, Bloomberg, Esquire, and GQ, the editorial director of Fortune, and a writer at Newsweek, Texas Monthly and The Washington Monthly. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.
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