Ed Luce: Trump’s ‘Doubling Down’ After Midterms Carries a ‘Whiff of Jonestown’

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LUCE: “Trump went — you know, it’s clearly a strong sort of part of his DNA and it’s a lifetime’s habit to double down, to go for broke. That’s just how he operates. He doesn’t extend olive branches, reach his hand across the aisle, meet in the middle. So we shouldn’t be surprised. But what John was talking about earlier, you know, this doubling down, the Jim Jordan election, and of course, Stephen Miller and now backing Hegseth to the hilt, it’s — I mean, whether you use Alamo as the analogy or there’s a sort of whiff of Jonestown about this, this is a very cultish response, it is irrational, Trump could — could be cementing a new legacy and showing that he’s got statesmanlike ability. And it would also be in his own self interest for self-preservation. And it’s not too late. But — but all the signs are that, you know, he’s — he’s heading for — heading for an unnecessarily bloody finale.”