Thomas L. Friedman

And that will be a disaster for America.

You know, Steve, I pointed out in my column that JD Vance showed up in Minneapolis last week and appealed for calm and peace and for people to cooperate with ICE.

And I pointed out that was really unusual because JD Vance is, I think, a deeply cynical person and, um, has been one of the people most active in denouncing what was going on there and, and, um,

And a really divisive leader.

And for him to then show up in Minneapolis and say, let us reason together.

Can't we all just get along?

I thought it was a tip off that he was definitely channeling the views of Republicans in the House and the Senate, which he presides over, that this is not working.

it's not working on the ground.

It's not working politically.

And so I suggested there were probably already a split.

And that was before the latest tragic killing of a demonstrator.

So I will be not the least bit surprised if Trump begins to pivot.

It struck me even over the weekend that he was letting Kristi Noem take all the heat for this.

And he could then come in as grandpa and,

and say, come on, let's everybody calm down.

I'll step back if you step back.

So that's how I see that.

Now, I also pointed out in my column that since the whole immigration crisis emerged, going back to the first Trump administration, my personal position is I'm for a very, very high wall on the border with a very, very big gate.

So I'm super pro-immigration, but there is no way we're going to maintain a consensus in this country on immigration if people feel the border is open.

And I feel that was a huge mistake of Democrats in the last election.