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“Retaliation” is not the word I would use. Retaliation is the wrong reason for any decision in domestic politics. The right’s narrative of retaliation for imagined wrongs is a big part of the reason we’re in this position in the first place. (“The cruelty is the point.”)

On the other hand, re-leveling the playing field will be important — if the playing field even still exists in a few years.

It’s possible they also see the storm coming and are too scared to do anything either.

No. Many of them like Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos were all aboard.

There might not be a Democratic retaliation anytime soon. Orban has been in power for 15 years in Hungary, and Trump is adopting a lot of his playbook. In addition, Trump also has a paramilitary force.