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/Phrainkee 1d ago

You say that to them and they'll just say you're trying to steal votes from the Rs and swing the vote towards the Ds. I don't know how any of this gets fixed but Orange Palatine exploited the system's loopholes and is running as fast as he can with it...

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u/GoodIdea321 America 1d ago

If I was talking to them I would say, yeah, the D's are better at governing. The louder the disapproval from people, the more likely things have to change.