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> Nearly every day, I wonder what the top Republican leaders honestly think about these foreseeable outcomes. Simple. They see opportunities to blame the oppos

> Nearly every day, I wonder what the top Republican leaders honestly think about these foreseeable outcomes. Simple. They see opportunities to blame the opposition for the failure of their economic policy. They've been doing it for decades with great success.

oaiey 9mo ago
That will not be that easy this time. Too direct is the elemination of any international collaboration a result of the Trump / Project 2025 leadership.
- CodingJeebus 9mo ago
  They've literally been doing it for over 50 years at this point while winning races, respectfully I think you overestimate the intelligence of the average voter. There's a significant percentage of voters who will believe, no matter what, that what's going on right now is the fault of the Democrats. Hell, Federal agents are killing people in the streets on camera and a significant percentage of the population is OK with it.
  - flyinglizard 9mo ago
    No, they haven't. There's a complete shift in US foreign policy and things are happening which are unprecedented. There's no continuation of anything of the past 50 years, Republican or Democrat.
    - CodingJeebus 9mo ago
      Wrecking the economy and blaming the Democrats are exactly what the GOP has done the last 50 years. I'm not saying that their current foreign policy has precedence, but their plan to deal with whatever fallout is coming is going to be to blame the dems, because that's what they've always done.
    - _DeadFred_ 9mo ago
      Reagan destroyed the pre-existing political system, racked up the debt, and cut taxes on the rich, and Republicans have ran and won on that ever since.
    - 1over137 9mo ago
      What's unprecedented? And since when? USA has been invading places and pushing their empire for decades. Maybe you mean unprecedented in your (short?) lifetime?
      - flyinglizard 9mo ago
        What’s unprecedented in the context of the past 50 years is undermining NATO, getting cozy with the Russians at the expense of allies, making territorial advances at the expense of allies, politically and economically attacking EU, enacting protectionist economic policies and granting unlimited White House access to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
- nullocator 9mo ago
  There will be voters who are children now or not even born yet that will be suffering the consequences of Trumps actions and policies 20 years from now, and he will be long dead and too far removed for them to blame anyone but whoever is charge at that moment* Just like there are young voters today who blame consequences of Reagan and Bush on current leaders. Just like literally every cycle for the last 30 years Republicans fuck an insane amount of shit up and try to break the economy and then dems have to work doubly hard to do a shit repair job while being fought tooth and nail and then they get blamed for the lack of progress. * Assuming we still have elections
  - cudgy 9mo ago
    If only Democrats were in charge, all would be fine!

oaiey 9mo ago

That will not be that easy this time. Too direct is the elemination of any international collaboration a result of the Trump / Project 2025 leadership.

CodingJeebus 9mo ago
They've literally been doing it for over 50 years at this point while winning races, respectfully I think you overestimate the intelligence of the average voter. There's a significant percentage of voters who will believe, no matter what, that what's going on right now is the fault of the Democrats. Hell, Federal agents are killing people in the streets on camera and a significant percentage of the population is OK with it.
- flyinglizard 9mo ago
  No, they haven't. There's a complete shift in US foreign policy and things are happening which are unprecedented. There's no continuation of anything of the past 50 years, Republican or Democrat.
  - CodingJeebus 9mo ago
    Wrecking the economy and blaming the Democrats are exactly what the GOP has done the last 50 years. I'm not saying that their current foreign policy has precedence, but their plan to deal with whatever fallout is coming is going to be to blame the dems, because that's what they've always done.
  - _DeadFred_ 9mo ago
    Reagan destroyed the pre-existing political system, racked up the debt, and cut taxes on the rich, and Republicans have ran and won on that ever since.
  - 1over137 9mo ago
    What's unprecedented? And since when? USA has been invading places and pushing their empire for decades. Maybe you mean unprecedented in your (short?) lifetime?
    - flyinglizard 9mo ago
      What’s unprecedented in the context of the past 50 years is undermining NATO, getting cozy with the Russians at the expense of allies, making territorial advances at the expense of allies, politically and economically attacking EU, enacting protectionist economic policies and granting unlimited White House access to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
nullocator 9mo ago
There will be voters who are children now or not even born yet that will be suffering the consequences of Trumps actions and policies 20 years from now, and he will be long dead and too far removed for them to blame anyone but whoever is charge at that moment* Just like there are young voters today who blame consequences of Reagan and Bush on current leaders. Just like literally every cycle for the last 30 years Republicans fuck an insane amount of shit up and try to break the economy and then dems have to work doubly hard to do a shit repair job while being fought tooth and nail and then they get blamed for the lack of progress. * Assuming we still have elections
- cudgy 9mo ago
  If only Democrats were in charge, all would be fine!