MAGA wants to fix the immigration law.
Trump does not
If Donald Trump were serious about fixing the immigration system in the United States, he would use his bully pulpit to pressure Congress to pass a bill that overhauls it.
The Constitution doesn’t give the President the power to write the law. That’s Congress’s job.
So why isn’t President Trump screaming from the mountaintops for this legacy-defining legislation?
Our chaotic, broken, malfunctioning, underfunded immigration system is GOOD for Trump.
Trump is a fighter.
What would he be if he finally defeated his enemy?
Trump’s identity depends on permanent conflict.
Governing solutions eliminate narrative fuel.
Victory ends mobilization.
Supporters might argue Trump tried executive action because Congress failed. But executive action is temporary by design—and Trump has never invested sustained political capital in making reform permanent.
Major historic legislation like this, in an era of slim margins, would have to be bipartisan.
To pretend one party has the political superiority to dictate terms of such a bill to the other party is irrational.
Trump is constitutionally incapable of meaningful, earnest, sincere negotiation.
Trump gets what he wants. That’s his persona. That’s his thing.
Bipartisan legislation is the product of compromise.
Compromises mean both sides are dissatisfied.
Republicans and Democrats would have to listen to each other and hash it out publicly. There would be little victories and little defeats as the process went along. Political points would be scored, and the score would be kept. And one side might come out looking like a sucker. And after the law passed, people would complain about what didn’t make it in, and what was a mistake to include.
That’s democracy. That’s Congress. BY DESIGN.
Congress is in an era of gridlock.
To fix that, one of the other branches of government could try to intervene.
The Judiciary isn’t conceived to resolve political conflicts.
So this is a problem for a President.
A President can bring Congress together at times of great division. Presidents have done it.
But Trump doesn’t compromise. Trump WINS.
He would never use his bully pulpit to risk fixing this golden problem.