‘People feel drained’: anti-Trump Americans face temptation to tune out

The president-elect's first term brought a wave of protest. This time, visitors to New York's Washington Square Park are struggling for energy to resist

In late 2016, soon after Donald Trump was elected to his first White House term, many women were diligently knitting pink pussy" hats to wear at a huge march where they protested against the election of a man who had recently boasted that he would grab" women.

There were other protests too. And across much of non-Trump-voting America, there was a sense of activism and engagement amid the shock of a Trump victory as many ordinary Americans galvanized themselves for what turned out to be one of the most chaotic presidencies in US history.