Historic opportunities and Trump's long-standing habits of destruction.
Donald Trump is facing a rare opportunity to advance his plans in the second term of his presidency, but at the same time, he has an innate talent for squandering these opportunities.
According to the Economist, Trump in his second term, no longer worried about the electoral competition, still has a strange desire to return to the old confrontational patterns that in the past have called into question the effectiveness of his government many times.
In the first term of his presidency and after the heavy defeat of the Republicans in the mid-term elections, Trump adopted a double tone. He warned the Democrats who had taken over the House of Representatives that they could not legislate and investigate the government at the same time. But when the opposing party went both ways, so did Trump.
But this time, after a heavy defeat in the midterm elections, Trump is sending even more conflicting messages. On the one hand, he proposes the idea of working with the Democrats to solve the immigration crisis, and on the other hand, he chooses Stephen Miller as his chief of staff. Miller is known for implementing brutal immigration deportation policies.
Frances Lee, a professor at Princeton University, believes that second-term presidents typically do not retreat from their original positions after midterm defeats. They no longer care about getting votes and are more interested in consolidating their historical heritage.
Details of the report on the World Economy website.
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