I SUSPECT THERE MAY BE A THIRD FORCE BEHIND THIS:

It's still astonishing that the establishment (on both sides of the Atlantic) didn't follow "the most basic theory of how to respond to a populist era: Move to the cultural right, especially on immigration."

What were Obama and Hillary thinking? https://t.co/1G5IFZ3Ude

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 19, 2026

Of course, that force may simply be deep idiocy.