Sarah Longwell: Trump Has a Fetish for Losing in Court

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LONGWELL: “Yeah. Well, I think part of it is that Trump has a fetish, I think, for losing in court. That’s just something that he seems to get a charge out of because it’s a lot of what he does. But actually, in all seriousness, I think, you know, he is currently very much underwater on his economic policies. The tariffs have been deeply unpopular, his economic policies have long been the thing that he could really rely on, and that’s been tipping over of late. People are frustrated about inflation. They’re still frustrated about costs. And then on foreign policy, you know, he’s in a situation right now where his coalition is splitting over, you know, his engagement with Iran and Israel, people are very frustrated with him. And so, Trump has always done this. When the going gets bad for Trump, Trump gets tough on immigration. Like, that’s just his move. Before an election, it’s the caravans are coming. So this is what he does. And he thinks there’s a way, whether it’s him or Stephen Miller, or just the posture of what they do, it is go as hard as you can on immigration, and even better, pick a fight with California because we feel like that’s popular with our base and at least we can hold on to them while we’re struggling in these other areas. And so, I think that’s the mentality.”