I know a lot of people who would change their votes due to what has happened to their businesses and farms.

> Nothing has happened to change anyone's mind.

If "We the People" means anything anymore, the blatant, pervasive criminality, incompetence, and corruption of this ghoulish administration will be judged harshly in the midterm elections.

But it would take significant change in the US to regain the international trust that the country formerly enjoyed among allies.

It is hard to see the latter happening.

> But if you reran the 2024 election today you'd likely get the same result. Nothing has happened to change anyone's mind.

I don't think this is true. Trump's approval rating among independents has dropped 20%+. There's a reason he lost the 2020 election, but voters had 4 years to forget those reasons and look back with rose-colored glasses. Now they remember.

> They were very clear about their priorities, and those who voted for it accepted that.

I don't think this is true either. (I did not vote for Trump, to be clear.) Project 2025 were very clear about their priorities, but before the election Trump tried to pretend that he had no knowledge of or involvement with Project 2025. After the election, he changed his tune.

I believe you are right.

There is a wall in place that causes people to believe things others don’t, and vice versa.

To those seeing awful corruption here, Hunter Bidens $500k Ukrainian gas job was legitimate. They were not outraged by the emails describing a 10% cut for ‘the big guy’. Joe Biden joining business conference calls was fine.

It seems like the end of the world, but it’s no worse than we’ve seen, historically. It’s always been there.