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You know, it would have cost you literally nothing to post this without the weird defeatist snark based on exactly zero evidence.
A lot of people just started paying attention to politics and have no idea how trump or normal politicians act.
I can't think of any other explanation someone would be unfamiliar with TACOing in 2026
Trump had a call with Tim Walz yesterday, so of course he's pro-Minnesota right now. Just wait until Pam Bondi phones him up today, and he'll pivot again.
He's not being pro anything here, other than himself.
Reports citing sources inside the White House are indicating that Trump is absolutely fuming over how badly the events in Minnesota are playing with the general public. He's keenly aware of how bad the polls are, and what it means for him if the GOP gets wiped out in the midterms. He fantasizes about cancelling the elections, but he'll already have been told, repeatedly, that he can't actually do it, and vote fraud will only get them so far if the left actually show up in November.
He wanted a big show of force in Minnesota that would juice up his base and have all the Liberals running scared. Instead he got two dead white people on national TV, Minnesota turning into an epicentre of national resistance, and even people on the right raising questions. Meanwhile Bovino and Noem lied their way into obvious traps by setting up false narratives that were instantly debunked by video footage, and then made it even worse by suggesting they don't care about 2A rights. The whole thing is a PR disaster, and Trump (or someone in the room with him) has enough functioning braincells to recognize that much.
Bovino is being made to retire, Noem is getting passed over for Homan, and Trump's plan here is obviously to try to reset. He's not going to back off the authoritarian tactics or the anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions, but he'll likely try to pause for a bit, recoup, and hope that resistance settles down. Maybe tell ICE to go find some brown people to kill, since the white folks don't mind when that happens.
I think it was primarily the 2A special interest groups suddenly showing disloyalty that spooked the MAGA regime. They can't get away with rigging the midterms if the 2A groups aren't at least turning a blind eye.
I hope Chris Madel dropping out implies that big donors don't want to be associated with the republicans right now. I really don't buy his conscience for his kids schtick.
Sorry. Just tend to be a cynic. In America, the worst usually turns out to be true.
I get it. It's rough out there right now. Sorry if my earlier comment came off a little harsh.
For what it's worth, try to remember that blind cynicism is no more rational or realistic than blind optimism. Both are a presumption that reality conforms to our biases. Cynicism feels more realistic, but that's a trap (an easy one to fall into). In reality it's just that for most people it feels better to expect bad things and be surprised by the good than it does to expect good things and be surprised by the bad. But neither expectation is grounded in fact, only in our psychological need to protect ourselves. Whenever an assumption "feels right', that's when we most need to question it.
A cynic preps for the worst even if a part of them hopes for the best. The cynical hopeful is never disappointed.