Abu Dhabi

From the election in November to the presidential inauguration in January, media commentators took turns to pronounce the Trump “Resistance” dead. I know I did. The line was too tempting. As Trump stormed back into the White House, his power looked irresistible. His enemies seemed so broken and defeated. We all spoke too soon. “NeverTrumpism” is a reaction to Trumpism, as natural as magnetic repulsion and the urge to defy and destroy his presidency hasn’t vanished. In fact, look closely and you can see a “Resistance 2.0” gathering momentum in response to the second Trump administration.

One month after Kristallnacht, in 1938, the Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl was an honored guest at Walt Disney’s studio. While the degree to which Disney was himself an active anti-Semite is argued over, he wasn’t exactly reluctant to hang out with those who were; there was Riefenstahl, there was also his association with the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a famously Jew-hating organization.If Disney’s DNA is anything but woke, the company has, in the 21st century, made a transformation as dizzying as a ride on one of its theme parks’ rollercoasters.