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·
    8 个月前

    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·
      8 个月前

      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·
      8 个月前

      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·
    8 个月前

    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·
    8 个月前

    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·
    8 个月前

    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·
    8 个月前

    “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.