Littwin: We knew the new year might be bad, but who could imagine a worse start for 2025?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.
49% : One campaign promise that Trump is likely to keep is to close down the southern border on Day One of his presidency.
48% : What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?"Another read: "Why did I personally do it now?
46% : And it was not a mere bump that Donald Trump, just weeks before his inauguration, just days before the anniversary of January 6, would preview for us just what the Trump restoration will look like.
44% : Bingeing FX's "Say Nothing" miniseries on Hulu -- based on the great book of the same name -- centered on the real-life Troubles in Ireland and the real life-and-death consequences of political violence.
33% : When Fox News, which first reported (wrongly) that the killer had driven a rental truck two days before the bombing across the border with Mexico, retracted the suggestion that the killer had been in (or was from) Mexico, that didn't stop Trump.
32% : When Trump was asked about the severity of the injuries, he replied, "What does 'injured' mean?

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