Democrats have been defending institutions like the federal workforce and the National Security Enterprise that Americans are already fed up with, inadvertently becoming defenders of establishment politics and globalization rather than reformers, ceding populist ground to Trump.
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Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“we were so in opposition to Trump that we felt the need to defend you know all the institutions like defend the Integrity of the federal Workforce and the National Security Enterprise and you know kind of Congress and you know defend all these things that Americans are actually you know pretty fed up with [26:12]”
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Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:39:48 AM
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