Iām gonna express an unpopular opinion here and say that I think Maggie Haberman is not all bad. I think she simply transmits what people tell her, without comment. She doesnāt say āJavanka tried to stop himā, she says āSources say Javanka tried to stop himā. That leaves it to you to figure out that the sources are trying to spin.
Last night, she posited that Trump was doing this 6-month thing because he really doesnāt want to end DACA. She said āFor much of his life heās been almost ready to file a lawsuit, almost ready to reveal a new plan. Heās buying time.ā
I donāt know whether Trump really wants to end DACA, in the sense of expelling 800,000 Dreamers. He wants to undo something Obama did, and he wants to keep his base loving him. But remember the ACA fight? He doesnāt care a fig about actual policy. Itās all appearance to him. If he announces that heās ending DACA in 6 months, and Congress acts to pass the Dream Act before that time, he figures he gets credit from both sides. Heās the guy who ended DACA, but heās NOT the guy who expelled 800,000 hardworking Americans.
Heās a racist, yes, but his narcissism is far more important in understanding his motivations. Donāt assume he takes political positions because he wants the outcome he appears to be advocating.