• Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s not under the radar. He says it right out in the open. He always, always accuses Democrats of doing whatever thing he’s planning to do next, so when he does it and the Democrats call him out on it, it appears to be petty revenge to the general public.

      Assuming you weren’t an only child, remember when you were a kid fighting with your siblings? When you ran to mom. who always won? Whoever got there first. Whoever got their second gets to hear “Leave your brother alone and knock it off”. Being the first to run to mom and dad to settle dispultes was a huge advantage, sometimes leading to whoever got there second being punished even if whoever got there first was the antagonist.

      Trump has just shown that this strategy works. As long as you accuse them of doing it first, you significantly soften the blow when they accuse you of doing the same thing, because the accusations appear to be less genuine and more retaliatory.