BROADER DOWN-BALLOT REPUBLICANS: “are you insane? I get the plan to normalize shock and move us to authoritarianism. But wait until after the midterms you moron.”
SCENARIO 2:
TRUMP PUPPETEERS: “We need a distraction in the news cycle from the plan to help Putin out in his major ballistic missile attack against Ukraine.”
So They pick something so crazy it acts like a lightning rod, but something they can easily reverse as a decision and even make Trump look like he has some restraint.
Nah pretty sure it went something like:
SCENARIO 1:
PUTIN: “activate clown show.”
HEGSETH: “I got a good idea.”
BROADER DOWN-BALLOT REPUBLICANS: “are you insane? I get the plan to normalize shock and move us to authoritarianism. But wait until after the midterms you moron.”
SCENARIO 2:
TRUMP PUPPETEERS: “We need a distraction in the news cycle from the plan to help Putin out in his major ballistic missile attack against Ukraine.”
So They pick something so crazy it acts like a lightning rod, but something they can easily reverse as a decision and even make Trump look like he has some restraint.