Catch-22

JD Vance has already started to mitigate MAGA's expectations on the border by blaming Biden (border crossings are at the lowest since April of 2020) for things that have nothing to do with the border.

Tom Homan is also mitigating border expectations.

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— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) January 12, 2025

JD Vance on January 6 pardons: "If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned, and there's a little bit of a gray area there." pic.twitter.com/wYTH8se9zM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2025

 "If you protested peacefully on January the 6th and you had Merrick Garland's Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned. If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn't be pardoned. And there's a little bit of a gray area there, but we're very much committed to seeing the equal administration of law. And there are a lot of people, we think, in the wake of January the 6th who were prosecuted unfairly — we need to rectify that."

Nobody was arrested for “peacefully protesting” on J6. Which is some catch, that Catch-22.

Jon Karl to incoming Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz: "President-elect Trump of course said he could have the war ended even before he took office. I assume that's not gonna happen."

Waltz replies that "I just don't think it's realistic to say we're gonna expel every… pic.twitter.com/eRy1nMonoi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2025

As opposed to where we were at on January 21, 2021, after Trump inherited a strong economy in 2017 and left an absolute shit storm for the Biden Admin to deal with while continuing to undermine him every single day for the next 4 years. pic.twitter.com/GG5IgOwoup

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 12, 2025

The telling moment here is when Vance, talking about inflation, says they're going to work to "stabilize prices for Americans." Trump promised voters he would bring prices down. It was a nonsense promise, so now they're walking it back to say the goal is to keep prices stable. https://t.co/2yM6fKJNpj

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) January 12, 2025

Psaki: I'm assuming he didn't bring up his intention to publicly say he was going to annex through economic means Canada

Trudeau: When I started to suggest there could be a trade for Vermont or California, he immediately decided that it was not not that funny anymore. pic.twitter.com/ezGrOhWECU

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 12, 2025

And yet US media continues to take Trump seriously. 😐