Turniper
9d ago
Americans didn't want international issues fixed. Anything other than a Venezuela resolution would have been a negative, and Iran was a dumb own goal.
And if you want to make big long term changes, well, you should probably either avoid starting contentious foreign wars, or achieve some sort of buy-in from most of the country. Trump had a very limited mandate, he did a lot outside that mandate, and handled that mandate in a dumb way, and this is not a shocking result.
Turniper
9d ago
Honestly, probably not. Republicans have plenty more idiotic gaffes to go round, like Bo French's public comments, and Elon's general choices. Might be third or fourth ig, but there's a lot of self-owning going round. I wouldn't be surprised if Elon sees legislative attacks directed at his control over SpaceX in 2030 if he doesn't manage to turn things around.
Turniper
9d ago
Yeah, turns out sometimes people like hearing your promises but don't like the reality you deliver. His whole immigration approach was maximum spectacle to rev up his base while not pissing off business. Turned out nobody liked the combination of lots of tear-jerker moments, maximal chaos, and minimal improvement. And the Iran War was just not a campaign promise. He very clearly did not follow through on his proposed foreign policy there. There's no possible way to spin that fiasco as america-first, the electorate isn't interested.
Turniper
9d ago
I'll register a variant on 2. Business as usual is we just ignore shit like this. Places where centers aren't even on the ballot yet sign contracts with local government members to force it through before the measure is ever presented for public consideration, 5 figure one off bribes are provided to swing close races, they choose towns where they can sneak in without too much kerfuffle. The country is big, hyperscalers are rich, they'll find a way.
Eh, permanently for six years maybe. Voters have short memories, and we Hispanics are as easily offended by the depravity of the Ds as we are the inhumanity of the Rs. I voted for Dixon this year, but I am curious how Hinojosa will be. Not necessarily afraid of too much upheaval with the state legislature still firmly conservative.
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