Turning tail
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Another example of why fatalism and doomerism in the face of Trump’s reelection are bad:
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is pulling National Guard troops out of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, for now.
District judges and appeals courts have issued various rulings about the legality of the deployments. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a lower court’s decision barring Trump’s use of the National Guard in Chicago.
“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact,” Trump wrote in a TruthSocial post. “Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in. We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!”
Trump went on to call the Democratic leaders of the cities and states where he deployed troops “greatly incompetent.”
The lesson here should be obvious:
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
[image or embed]— Joseph Fink, we're going to win (@planetoffinks.bsky.social) Dec 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The victories in the lower courts should also make the surpassing importance of retaking the Senate in 2026 clear.