How Trump's greatest policy triumph could derail his bid to win back the White House

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) One-term presidents who fail to win a second term are usually doomed by their failures. So it would be ironic if Donald Trump’s bid is derailed by what is likely to be his most enduring policy achievement.

The former president succeeded in constructing an unassailable conservative majority on the Supreme Court, which overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago and set off an extraordinary cascade of consequences that now threatens his 2024 campaign to win a non-consecutive second term.

Trump is yet to come up with a coherent policy on abortion as conservative states enthusiastically try to dismantle those rights. His equivocating shows that he knows restrictive abortion policies are deeply unpopular and could weaken his already fragile appeal to suburban and women voters. But he can’t quite disown his big win in becoming the Republican president who sent Roe v. Wade crashing down.

The ex-president’s dilemma is back in the spotlight after Florida’s Supreme Court on Monday delivered a ruling that will mean that a six-week abortion ban – one of the most restrictive in the nation – will come into force next month. Trump originally blasted the six-week cut-off as a “terrible mistake” when he saw a chance to damage then-primary rival Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed the law. But on Tuesday, Trump declined to answer questions on the matter, promising instead to make a “statement” next week.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-greatest-policy-triumph-could-040026940.html?.tsrc=940%2619908-1202929-20240403-0&segment_id&ncid=crm_19908-1202929-20240403-0&bt_user_id=e5tsDKH0Zb3GphJuj2AnzZsid7GU7D9cEBBYAAiM1zaWV%2BdLHoMCoWkRJk2Q5%2FH8&bt_ts=1712146078852

[marble falls]

1. Next week, isn't that the 5th of Neverber?

[lees1975]

2. It's going to be one of the major factors in his defeat.

And it's going to lead to Biden carrying states like Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, and assure wins in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada, where the margins are going up for Democrats.

That, and the increasingly demented insanity being exhibited by Trump when he gets behind a microphone will do the trick. This might even be bigger than we originally though it would.

[FakeNoose]

3. Wait ... Chump did that? Hmmmm, I thought it was the Federalist Society's plan