Ooof: Trump Says His Immigration Policy Was Too Tough, Seeks Some Kind of... Comprehensive Reform

On one hand, I expected a softening. I floated the idea that if Trump had softened on the immigration raids the summer before the election, the GOP might have done a little better. (Emphases on "might" and "a little.")

And who knows: This may be necessary to stop the Democrats from winning it all in 2028 and packing the country floor to rafters with immigrants (and immediately giving them full voting rights).

But on the other hand: this is a disaster.

I guess it depends on how serious Trump is about this.

Calling this a reversal is a pretty big understatement. Aside from tariffs, there has been no more consistent policy position in the Trump administration than "deport them all," and now Trump is suggesting that he can work with the Democrats on an amnesty bill that would normalize illegal aliens who have been here for some period of time -- say 10-15 years.

Trump on his immigration policy:

Trump: "I think it both helped and hurt. I think I got an A+ for closing up the border. I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out. But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that-- that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally."

Douthat: "So you think your deportation policy--" / "Went too far--" Trump: "Too tough." Douthat: "It was too tough?" Trump: "I think it might be too tough, yeah."

Videos at the link.

People have said that Trump is an example of A/B market testing on the presidential level. He's constantly talking and pitching policy choices. He doesn't know if he'll follow through or not. He listens for the audience reaction to decide on "A" or "B."

That's mostly been good for us.

But there is a down side, and we may be seeing it now.

I've also heard that people with agendas always want to be the last person to talk to Trump, because his beliefs are often formed by the last person he talked with.

I guess John Thune and Co. were the last people he talked to.

Hello friends. I hope you are enjoying this cold and bright fall day.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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