Not much to say about Trump's announcement that he'll revoke (or at least revisit) DACA in six months.
What I don't get is this idea that he'll leave it to Congress to decide the future of DACA. Hasn't Congress shown it's not capable to deciding the fate of a plate of spare ribs? And will Trump extend DACA if they don't act? Kevin Drum writes…
I'm a little puzzled about why anyone thinks Congress will act anyway. Back in 2010 every single Republican voted against the DREAM Act. Every one. Today a few of them are saying that DACA should be preserved, but how are we supposed to interpret this? As evidence that they've changed their minds? That they voted against it originally just because Obama proposed it? That they were OK with not enacting it in the first place, but not with taking it away once a million people are depending on it?
Trump is, of course, playing to his base, which is about all he ever does lately. His idea of how the nation should come together is that we should all pin on TRUMP IN '20 buttons and join his base. I guess it all plays well if you're a white guy who'd like to blame "those damn foreigners" for the fact that you're not doing better.
In other news, Trump has slashed the budget for advertising the open enrollment period for Obamacare. He could probably do even more damage if he handed the account over to the agency that did the promotion of Trump Steaks.
Trump reportedly told his people that advertising Obamacare was a waste of money because "everyone already knows about it." Since "everyone knows about Trump," I guess he won't waste a lot of cash on his re-election campaign.