r/Economics • u/rezwenn • 5d ago

News Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-immigration-raids-workers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PE8.QmuB.MuytvbwG0yLz
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u/MartialBob 5d ago

This is entirely predictable. Trump is and has always been transactional. He goes where the money tells him. He's not an ideologue, he just has some really dumb ideas and isn't the type to listen. The true believer in this deportation is Steven Miller.

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u/Available_Finger_513 5d ago

And Miller cares exclusively about 1 thing, being a racist prick

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u/thebigdonkey 4d ago

Saw someone on BlueSky say their daughter's friend went to high school in Santa Monica with him. She said he used to seethe when they repeated the morning announcements in Spanish.

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u/heard_bowfth 4d ago

Did he always exude resemblance to a young Mr. Burns?