Republican lawmakers say there’s a good chance that President Trump’s trade war will boomerang on Republicans politically in 2026, as rising prices and shrinking growth could offset other acc…
  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    273·
    18 days ago

    And everyone else fears the Democrats not having learned one thing from all of this and getting handed easy victories for a decade with zero incentive to improve.

    • resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee
      152·
      18 days ago

      They’ll have learned it’s progressives’ fault. It’s always progressives’ fault. Even when Bernie conceded the primary and endorsed (then campaigned for) Hilary, it was his fault.

    • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      18 days ago

      You’re still speaking in terms of left and right, so it doesn’t matter which side wins. They’re both run by oligarchs who couldn’t give a fuck about the non-rich.

      It’s rich v. poor, y’all. There are no sides. D’s hate you. R’s hate you. They have different strategies to controlling you, but they’re fundamentally the same options.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    12·
    18 days ago

    I could only dream. There’s been so many moments where I was so hopeful that the Republican party was facing oblivion and some new, more sane political alignment would arise from the ashes, but nope. At this point, I think Donald could actually literally wipe his ass with the flag and shoot people’s dogs at his rallies and it wouldn’t change a damn thing. MAGAs could be getting carted off to the gas chamber and they’d still be living in their own reality about it being a sincere mistake by dear leader or 4D chess or some bullshit. It’s honestly incredible to see, because I would never believe it in fiction.

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
    6·
    18 days ago

    They’re supporters are way too stupid and disconnected from reality to change at all, just hope the swing voters have enough to win with the decks stacked against them…

  • Nalivai@lemmy.world
    5·
    17 days ago

    That’s why all this “it’s all doomed, don’t vote, voting is for libs” accounts are hard at work here already, they need to start building the narrative early

  • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    18 days ago

    “They’ve got about 10 months to wrap a bow around this and say, ‘See, I told you so,’ or you’re going to start seeing political headwinds,” Tillis said.

    This is what “stalling for time” looks like.