r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/AlphaGoldblum 1d ago

The old Republican guard is dead and gone. Now it's either full loyalty to MAGA or leaving the party altogether.

Some Republicans are grumbling about tariffs, but they know actually doing anything about it will cause the party and Trump to turn on them like sharks smelling blood in the water.

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u/GoodIdea321 America 1d ago

Sounds like it's a good time for them to switch parties, and switch how they vote.

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u/blorbschploble 1d ago

I too believe in fairy tales. I am not making fun of you. I just don't think these fools have spines or principles, or even a decent sense of self preservation (in terms of money and power)

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u/GroundbreakingRun186 1d ago

Maybe I’m optimistic. But I would think for someone who is fiscally conservative and socially closer to libertarian than maga, self preservation would be flipping to become a moderate democrat.

I feel like the dems are inching to the left and the right is sprinting to the right. Lots of people on the right (especially in red states) could probably go for a DINO (dem in name only) that is actually fiscally conservative and has a live and let live social policy philosophy.