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Washington Week with The Atlantic

Is Trump a symptom or the cause of political polarization?

Season 2026 Episode 24 | 16m 16s

It's hard to find a unifying principle today, but everyone in America agrees that something's broken. The panel discusses whether President Trump is a symptom of dysfunction and polarization or the cause of it.

Major funding for “Washington Week with The Atlantic” is provided by Consumer Cellular, Otsuka, Kaiser Permanente, the Yuen Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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