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“The data suggest that the swing in young adults voting for Donald Trump did not reflect a major shift in ideology,” writes the sociologist Neil Gross. nyti.ms/42hXqvE

“Stepping down from a leadership role isn’t a surrender. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do,” writes Mariel Garza, who resigned last year from her job at The Los Angeles Times. “Which brings me to the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.” nyti.ms/3DRRyjn

Trump’s reference to Canada as “our cherished 51st state” has a long and mortifying history, writes Stacy Schiff. “You are a small people,” concluded one early overture, “compared to those who with open arms invite you into a fellowship.” nyti.ms/43sswli

“The problem is that competence and execution matter; that public input matters; that the federal government is not a tech company where you can afford to move fast and break things,” Bret Stephens tells @GailCollins. nyti.ms/4lbZvk7

“In recent weeks, too many of my fellow Republicans — including Mr. Trump — have treated Russia with velvet gloves,” Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ writes. “My party must reaffirm our commitment to opposing Mr. Putin’s expansionism and to supporting Ukraine’s defense.” nyti.ms/4catLYN

“For too many, including those who call themselves ‘pro-Palestinian,’ Palestinian misery only seems to matter when the blame can be pinned on Israel,” writes columnist Bret Stephens. nyti.ms/3XFn5vJ

“Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ strategy is to double down on tariffs while gutting our national scientific institutions,” writes Thomas L. Friedman. “China’s liberation strategy is to open more research campuses and double down on A.I.-driven innovation.” nyti.ms/3EcuifZ

“As fathers, we serve as our sons’ introduction to masculinity. Too often we take that to mean that they don’t need the kind of physical affection we gave them when they were little,” Esau McCaulley writes. nyti.ms/4j0R7mf

“Trump’s tariffs aren’t really about tariffs,” writes the historian Jennifer Burns. “They are the opening gambit in a more ambitious plan to smash the world’s economic and geopolitical order.” nyti.ms/421AzEv

“Some commentators would have you believe that importers can cushion the blow of higher tariffs by negotiating lower prices with their suppliers. This is an alluring idea born of ignorance and divorced from reality,” writes Yair Reiner. nyti.ms/42nO40i

The system for federal food safety in the U.S. “has prevented a return to the fraudulent and poisonous food supply of the 19th century,” Deborah Blum writes. “That is, until recently, when the Trump administration began to unravel that safety net.” nyti.ms/3G2ZQ8M

“If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid,” write two constitutional scholars. nyti.ms/4j4Rf4a

“Is it actually plausible for the Trump administration at this point to walk itself back to a more sane and sober tariff policy than the one it has?” Ross Douthat asks Oren Cass on his new Interesting Times podcast. nyti.ms/3RK5Jdu

“The president’s economically destructive and unpopular policies could not be easier for Democrats to message against, and yet some of them can’t figure out how,” says Josh Barro, a contributing Opinion writer. nyti.ms/4joDQn9

“There is a way for universities to fight back. It requires more than refusing to bend to Trump’s will, and it requires more than forming a united front,” writes m. gessen. It’s been tried in other countries trending toward autocracy. “It works.” nyti.ms/3GaCVIU

“If you abuse millions of animals in a systematic, industrial process, you’re hailed for your business acumen,” writes Nicholas Kristof. nyti.ms/4cxO6r2

“Never has an administration been more divorced from reality, and more determined to shove insulting ideological fictions down our throats, than Trump’s,” writes Michelle Goldberg. nyti.ms/4jbgcLn

“The accumulation of daily nightmares wrought by the famous Elon just makes me more determined to balance the cosmic books — or improve my Google search results,” writes Elon Green. nyti.ms/3Rfx733