Anyone else notice how "pandering to X" is the last argument of someone who refuses to think critically? Political pandering is intended to help you buy favor.

Anyone else notice how "pandering to X" is the last argument of someone who refuses to think critically? Political pandering is intended to help you buy favor. The President of the United States does not need to pander to the people who elected him. It would be more like pandering if he did this some time before the final days of his term. And typically, pandering happens to gain the favor of the other side, which this will certainly not do. Therefore it's much less likely to be pandering than, say, commuting the sentence of a mentally unstable person who's been in jail for 7 years, attempted suicide twice, and needs medical assistance they can't get in jail.