There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump

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  I'm Anna Martin, the host of the Modern Love podcast.

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  In every episode,

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  we peek into an intimate corner of someone's life and learn about what love means to them.

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  You know, I can tell you, 35 years with another person,

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  I've never spent that much time with anyone else either.

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  So we both kind of said I love you pretty fast.

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  My advice is that it's okay if it's hard.

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  This is the Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times Opinion.

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  You've heard the news.

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  Here's what to make of it.

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  I'm Patrick Healy, deputy editor of New York Times Opinion, and this is the First Hundred Days,

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  a weekly series examining President Trump's use of power and his drive to change America.

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  This week,

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  I've been thinking a lot about why people choose to give

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  in to Donald Trump from the Republicans in the Senate

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  and House who've given up any semblance of independence for Congress,

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  even confirming Trump Cabinet nominees who they privately oppose to the government institutions

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  and business leaders

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  and even Democratic Party officials who aren't putting up much fight where it counts.

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