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Trump Exhaustion Syndrome is infecting the world

At the Cannes Film Festival, international attendees mourn the decline of American culture — and democracy

Published May 22, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)

It was hard to think about Donald Trump last week while relaxing in a comfortable chair 50 yards from the beach on the French Riviera. As I took a sip from a glass of Côtes du Rhône and went through my notes, I caught a stray snippet of conversation between a man and woman walking on the sidewalk adjacent to an apparently “clothing optional” beach.

“Did you hear what he said?” the woman asked, impeccably dressed in a red and black chiffon evening gown.

“What?” replied the man, who was wearing a Brion Tuxedo with a claret-colored cummerbund. 

“’Six genders. Real hater on Jesus,’” she said, quoting Trump’s attack on James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate from Texas. “He mispronounced ‘vegan’ as ‘vagan.’”

“Enough. Please . . .”

By then the couple was out of earshot, but the man’s “enough please” comment lingered. 

I was in Cannes to attend the 79th annual film festival with “The First 100,” a documentary I produced that chronicles the first hundred days of Trump’s second term. Along with our executive producer, Greg Wagner of “Law and Order,” I screened the film outside of competition to an enthusiastic group of filmmakers from around the world — and encountered festivalgoers and people from all walks of life who are weary of hearing about the president.

The Cannes Film Festival is an amalgamation of the super-rich, working-class filmmakers and those with a dollar and a dream who come from all over the world. The........

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