I thought canceling never stopped. It was just politically motivated.
(Ironically, Dems eat their own for that stuff, so maybe "politically motivated" doesn't quite capture it... compare e.g. Al Franken and Katie Hill vs Roy Moore or Matt Gaetz)
Democrats cancel and Republicans mostly double down. I don’t think there is anything Trump can do at this point to horrify or even just dissuade his base, for example.
Yes and no. He has a clear mandate to fix price increases and inflation. If he doesn't he will lose the newcomers that held their nose voting for him. If he screws up big time he will be frozen in 26 and ride out his presidency having accomplished nothing. His core base that you are talking about was always a declining minority.
That’s true. It’s even worse, though, since he promised a bunch of stuff that he can’t deliver or if he delivers (high tariffs, mass deportation), inflation will probably boom. Get the popcorn because the first month after 1/20 will be interesting (and maybe stock up on some electronics that are probably going to get really expensive).
> "I don’t think there is anything Trump can do at this point to horrify or even just dissuade his base, for example."
Pretty sure it's pretty close to true at this point that he actually could get away with literal cold-blooded murder in public at this point and his cult would fold themselves in half backwards tryin' to justify it somehow. [0]
Real Americans are pretty spit on the topic of Gaza. 36% of Americans favor the U.S. providing military aid to Israel. 34% oppose military aid, and the rest are neutral.
(Ironically, Dems eat their own for that stuff, so maybe "politically motivated" doesn't quite capture it... compare e.g. Al Franken and Katie Hill vs Roy Moore or Matt Gaetz)