It is no secret that Donald Trump hopes the economy will fail and as he is trying to block any attempt to deal with the border crisis. The border crisis strategy has now spilled over into forcing the GOP Senators to belly up, too , because the boss has spoken..Called the best deal on border security ever by even GOP senators, the Trumpsters are setting a dumpster fire in order to set detract from their real purpose...keep border security and fear of brown people their chief racist campaign issue in November. If the problem is fixed, or close to it, they lost their one platform plank left, since the public perception of the economy is on the mend and by November may be a very diminished issue. (Update: 2 14 2024: Two special elections, one on Long Island and one in Buck's County PA yesterday with large margins for Democrats hint at how Democrats can light the backfire flames: aggressively tout the immigration bill Trump made DOA in the House and put the blame on Trump. This is despite opposition from the left who must think strategically. They have and should mute their dissent. They may have a point, but whining too much may help Trump get re-elected, with devastating results that would toss humane immigration administration policies into the garbage. Democrats need to make a big deal of their support of the original bill the House MAGA killed before they even read it because Trump told them so. The crisis? Not so much, it appears.. The solution now and for years? Trump broke it; he pays for it and, as it looks now, the House beginning in 2025 will flip to blue regardless of who wins the White House if these off-year specials are serious omens). The loser for Democrats would be if they ignore the concern of most Americans see immigration as a burning problem and mealy mouth the bi-partisan bill. )
I also note that Trump's role model and CPAC's as well is how Viktor Orban of Huntary got to be a dictator: it was raising enough fear of hordes of Middle Eastern refugees from Syrians violence were going to adulterate the 99 percent of Magyars who make up the Hungarian population. The trick is to keep the flames of fear fanning and any solution to the US border problem would put a damper on the Trump campaign plans. The gamble is likely to end up with an open border because if Trump is banking on the House staying GOP by a vote or too, that is a gamble with bad odds, given the issue of abortion and the impact it will have that pretty much ensures any other border solution would be dead in the water now. The GOP should take the deal now because there will not be a chance later.
Trump demands that all of the GOP to be part of his blockhead strategy and it appears they are answering his call. Why should Trump want to be an obstructionist in chief? It suits Trump's campaign strategy to paint Biden as a failure so only he, Trump, can fix it. He is like the arsonist who lit the forest fire and gets his jollies by calling 911 so he can watch the flames and all of the first responder actions, and then claim to the media he is a hero who called in the fire.
. Like a successful wildfire-fighting strategy, anti-MAGAS can also light a backfire if they point fingers at Trump's cynical strategy if they make it an ongoing issue and not a one-day finger-pointing. They can tie it into the way Trump operates not only with this but other popular public policy issues such as health care and abortion in a way that hurts people, not helps them.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/politics/mcconnell-senate-gop-border-ukraine-package/index.html
Former President Donald Trump says he hopes any economic crash would happen before he could serve a possible second term | CNN Politics
House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP’s best chance in years to pass border bill (msn.com)
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