What happened to Trump’s promises to populists? A roundup of editorials Wednesday takes a look at the issue.

Opinions from the left:

How can liberals defeat populism? Here are four ideas

From The Guardian: A populist wave can be turned back. Here’s how you can do it.

From The New Republic: Trump is not realigning anything. He’s throwing bones to the middle class and steak to the rich.

From The Washington Post: Trump was never a friend of the working class.

The right wonders when the government will start treating us like grownups.

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