Yes it's precisely this I want to know about.
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Replying to @LeoJCarey
Even at the cabinet level Trump has been forced to recruit people who disagree with big parts of his agenda. 4/4
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Yes, but I'll be surprised if he's prepared to forget protectionism and just content himself with admiring his new drapes
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Replying to @LeoJCarey
He has some unilateral presidential power to impose tariffs but I think congressional GOP is working to restrict that.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
and then if he can't deliver his populist vision will his base really be distracted by symbolic aggression on international stage?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Yup, the populist authoritarian playbook. But think deep-seated isolationism (enhanced by disenchantment w/GWB era) complicates it
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Replying to @LeoJCarey @HeerJeet
Reason Putin stories even pre-11/8 haven't hurt him is those rust-belt Trumpies don't fundamentally care about Putin etc.
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By same token, they may be less easy to buy off than 1930s Germans etc, who had recent international grievances.
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Replying to @LeoJCarey @HeerJeet
Tho the wild card here is if there's another attack on US (see Eichenwald below). If that happens we can just rerun 2001-6pic.twitter.com/0j9BARTl5o
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A terror attack would change things but not sure we'd have same politics as 2001. Trump would be vulnerable in many ways.
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