From big tech to the media, the rush to kiss Trump’s ring is on

Donald Trump is undergoing quite the fêting ahead of his second term—and it’s a whole lot cozier than his descent into Washington eight years ago. Tech titans are pouring millions of dollars into his inauguration and parading through West Palm Beach for meetings with the president-elect. Foreign leaders are seeking to curry his favor through phone calls and photo-ops. Liberal newscasters are rushing to Mar-a-Lago to mend fences with the man who painted them as “enemies of the people.” Meanwhile, Trump just hit his highest net favorability rating since April 2017 in a new Morning Consult survey. The fulsome embrace of Trump in recent weeks is a scene that would’ve seemed unimaginable four years ago. But it’s been clear for some time that the past isn’t a prologue for Trump’s second coming—a difference in approach across the political spectrum driven by his popular-vote win and battleground-state sweep. And it’s one that’s already playing out on Capitol Hill, as Republican lawmakers rush to nail down a strategy for passing Trump’s sweeping policy agenda and ramming through his Cabinet picks.