Tim Miller
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And this is a big David Frum point on the tariffs that's also true about this.
Trump might not like the images, but what he doesn't like more is admitting that he's wrong.
And this is what mass deportations look like, right?
There's no way to do it in a softer, gentler way.
You know, toothpaste already out of the tube and all that.
And it's hard to imagine him, you know, on his own accord being like, we're going to unmask these people and we're going to get rid of little little Hitler, Greg Bovino and all this sort of stuff.
It's kind of hard to imagine him doing that.
And so I'm not sure what he can do to fix really the policy change.
And I know some of the Democrats can do is push on the gas on this.
Anybody who listens to this knows I'm wrong.
I don't know what time it was.
It was just yesterday, two days ago, talking about how wrong I was about Havana syndrome.
Happy to admit when I'm wrong.
The one thing I've been on since day one of this administration is that these immigration tactics are not popular and we should fight on that turf.
And a lot of Democrats have been hesitant to do so.
And increasingly, we're seeing more and more who aren't.
I was at a function with some elected Democrats and then candidates last night, and I was pretty encouraged on this point.
I was chewing people's ear off on it, as you might imagine.
And so increasingly, I think they are coming out of their shell on this.
There have been some really great examples of Democrats who are pushing on this.