Not in motivation, no. But in terms of total dismantling of the remaining guard rails, yes.
Part of why I think he improved his performance this time is that low info voters remembered the first couple years of his presidency in the fading glow of the Obama years and gave his economy a mulligan due to COVID.
Not in motivation, no. But in terms of total dismantling of the remaining guard rails, yes.
Exactly this. He's much more aware of where his policies met resistance during his previous term and is being much more aggressive about identifying and removing obstacles to his authority.
This massive wave of executive orders to start his term has been like a sonar pulse. Some orders make it through, others get blocked and bounce back. Which is fine for Trump because then he knows where there is a judge or an agency head or other obstacle within the government that needs to be removed or circumvented to achieve greater authority.
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u/sexisdivine 19h ago
“Trump 2.0 is very different.” Is he though? Is he really?