It’s going to be a long four years

Both as journalists and as a nation, we need to remember whatever lessons we learned from Trump's first four years: We're going to have to ignore a lot, but we're also going to have to respond to the rest with a degree of aggression and eagerness that we aren't used to.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance. Our best hope now is to simply lie low, respond to any moves from the U.S. calmly, and avoid drawing any attention onto ourselves that we can avoid. Maybe Chrystia Freeland should rethink running against Trump in her videos, writes Matt Gurney.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY MATT GURNEY

January 27, 2025

TORONTO—Donald Trump is, once again, president of the United States. By the time you read this, he will have been president for a few days. It’ll feel like months.

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