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CodingJeebus | on: Canada's deal with China signals it is serious about shift from US
> 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 | parent
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 | root | parent | next
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 | root | parent
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.
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nullocator | root | parent
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 | root | parent
If only Democrats were in charge, all would be fine!