• COASTER1921@lemmy.ml
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    3 小时前

    Genuine answer is likely that it’s not intended to be permanent. It’s designed to make him look good when ultimately removed and secure some support for conservative talking points around stopping drugs and immigration across the borders.

    It also distracts from the major damage they’re doing internally to the government via OPM which is much more difficult to reverse.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      2 小时前

      Yeah, with the Canada and Mexico ones already being cancelled that tracks. Supposedly he’s making an announcement regarding tariffs at 1 PM Eastern today (in 20 minutes) so who knows.