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He's also enabled by the liberal establishment and the Democratic Party. One of the reasons Trump says so many ridiculous things on immigration is because Harris' immigration policy is a copy paste of Trump 2016. She even fear mongers about how immigrants are bringing fentanyl into the country. So Trump feels that he has to go further right to differentiate himself from Harris. It's an interesting and disturbing dynamic.
Damn, this is a really good point that I hadn't considered. It's the perfect example of how chasing "centrist" votes can only lead to further rightward shift. You can't fascism your way out of fascism.
The enabler-abuser dynamic is one of those things that once you see it for the first time, you'll start seeing it everywhere. From personal to the political. And yes, it's the perfect example of how politics shift further rightward in times of crisis.