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Liz Cheney has been Republican royalty, and a conservative stalwart in Washington\u2014a daughter of former Vice-President Dick Cheney and culture warrior Lynne Cheney. But after protesting Donald Trump\u2019s election lies, and voting for his impeachment after January 6th, she found herself in exile from the G.O.P. Cheney is contemplating a Presidential campaign on a third-party line.\xa0 As she promotes her new book, \u201cOath and Honor,\u201d she is raising the alarm that Americans across the political spectrum have become \u201cnumb\u201d to Trump\u2019s overtly dictatorial aspirations. \u201cPeople really understood that what he had done [on January 6th] was unacceptable, not to mention unconstitutional and illegal,\u201d she tells David Remnick. \u201cThat recognition quickly dwindled.\u201d She finds herself frustrated with former allies on the right who have become shameless enablers of Trump; she does not trust Speaker Mike Johnson, a former friend, to perform his constitutional duties during the electoral process. She is also concerned that the left is squandering an opportunity to defeat Donald Trump in 2024 by alienating some of the voters whose support they need on issues such as crime and immigration. Trump \u201chas figured out a way, as dictators have in the past, to make those people think he speaks for them,\u201d she says. Still, Cheney\u2019s faith in the country\u2019s institutions and judiciary has not been totally shaken. Asked if Trump should go to jail if convicted\u2014on any of his ninety-one federal charges\u2014she says yes without hesitation; but we must not presume that \u201csomeone else is going to save us from him.\u201d