When This Blows Over

…Trump's gravitational pull is such that he
causes his opponents to overplay their hands. In
effect, he trolls them into adopting positions so
far out of the mainstream that they become selfdiscrediting.
Take, for example, the crisis at the
southern border. With the policy of family
separation, Trump found himself on the wrong
side of a 70/30 issue. His administration spent a
lot of time explaining, which in politics means you
are losing an argument. But within days the
president went on offense by signing an executive
order and urging Congress and the courts to
regularize asylum and detention law. The
Democrats? They quickly found
themselves arguing for releasing anyone who
crosses the border illegally with a child— not
only a dumb idea, but also one that would
incentivize future crossings and
even child trafficking. It's
unpopular to boot…