Comment by ptero
7 days ago
> hot takes "they have no idea what's coming" are I believe naive. They know. They just don't care
I think they know, they care and decided that it is a reasonable way forward given very limited (trade and budget deficit) options. Otherwise I think you are spot on.
To spitball some ideas on your midterm comment (again, agree to it). One possibility is they see it as an unavoidable loss, plan on using veto to maintain course set during the first 2 years (which is why they rush) and hope to be in the updraft phase by the November 2028 elections. Maybe.
This seems likely, but I cannot figure out why they are not trying to pass more legislation in the first 2 years if they're fairly sure they're going to lose the midterms.
The only conclusion that can be drawn from their public actions is that they believe they can more or less enforce all their policies by executive order and that they're very sure they will be keeping the executive in 2028.
If they piss off enough people impeachment is back on the table. They might not last until the 2028 election.