It has been the hope for a couple of months that the inauguration of President Donald Trump would dispel leftism from the collective consciousness. The day has come, but Trump undermines such hopes with his support for TikTok.

Even now, when support for the new president is publicly acceptable and causes such as transgenderism have lost popularity, claims that “woke is dead” are premature. Yes, the political shift is significant and the sense of lightness tangible, but who can say how deep it runs or how unpredictable Trump will prove?