> "most people" are not in the positions that matter

If polling were to reveal a majority of either party were more open to nuclear strikes than their predecessors, that gives policy makers a signal and an opening.

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Octoth0rpe 10 hours ago | parent [-]

The current administration does not seem to be considering the majority within their own party considering how unpopular the current approach to immigration enforcement is. Or for another example, the glycophosphate/MAHA situation.

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xiphias2 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There were lots of administrations who could have said to other countries ,,let's get rid of the nukes together'' while USA was the only string power.

Deescalation stopped because of people in general not caring enough (and making money of being the biggest power), not because of administrations that come and go.

As to the immigration situation: we know that governments are not executing in general how they should be, but people are able to enforce some policies if they fight together united and in agreement. But right now they are not in agreement.

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ceejayoz 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> There were lots of administrations who could have said to other countries ,,let's get rid of the nukes together'' while USA was the only string power.

There was only one administration with that opportunity, really; Truman.

Every other administration has had a nuclear armed Russia in play.

Attempts to do what you describe were still quite common, starting as early as the 1950s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#Treaties

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JumpCrisscross 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> current administration does not seem to be considering the majority within their own party considering how unpopular the current approach to immigration enforcement is

55% of Republicans say ICE's efforts are about right; 23% think they don't go far enough [1]. There is limited evidence Trump has lost touch with his supporters on this issue. The question is if this is this GOP's pronoun issue–popular in the base but toxic more broadly.

[1] https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/where-americans-stand-immigratio...