The reason American politics is so polarized is partly because it has become so much about identity, and there is an opening to try to remove these identity conversations from the center of political space—both because Trump drove them there and because a more identity-neutral politics would be preferred by most people.

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Ben Rhodes

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the reason why American politics so polarized is because it's become so much about identity and I think there's an opening to try to remove these identity conversations from the center of the political space I mean Trump kind of drove them there um through his behavior

Source

Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign PolicyWeatherhead Center for International Affairs
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:23:32 AM

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