During the Carter years there was a prelude to the Reagan tax cuts passed by the Democratic congress and signed by Jimmy Carter. It undid some of the damage done by the extreme left wing wave of legislation that hit between 1965-1976. It was an attempt to abort the right wing wave they knew was coming.

Trump 2024 will play the same role that Reagan played in 1980. The acceptable 'rebel' opposition. After a few million deportations, who knows?, he might even sign an amnesty!