Karl Rove Warns Distrust Is the Defining and “Dangerous” Trend of 2025

Veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove took stock of the past year in a new Wall Street Journal column, arguing that while 2025 was far from America’s worst, it revealed a troubling and “dangerous” undercurrent running through the country’s politics and culture. Rove opened by rejecting the idea that 2025 belongs anywhere near the darkest chapters