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If Trump actually thows 2A under the bus I'll be a monkey's uncle. Don't forget how he plays political 4D chess with the Dems. I seriously doubt that he will sell out his base. He's in it for the long game. By long game, I'm referring to how he wants his legacy to reflect upon him long after he's gone. His playbook goes that far ahead down the road. He doesn't want to be remembered as a sellout. This guy wants a pyramid as his monument but he also wants to deserve it.
He pretty much already has sold out.
1) The trade war with tariffs has hurt a lot of his base - especially farmers, but also a lot of smaller businesses. They won't forget this.
2) He isn't playing chess, he has someone pulling his strings - a lot of the stuff he has done has been for large corps, not the small businessman.
Add to that the fact that he has angered a lot of people that are moderate to left of moderate and you will see a big response on that side.
A LOT of people didn't vote in 2016 rather than voting for Clinton, but will vote this time around - 'anybody but Trump' is their motto, and a lot of people voted for Trump who will sit the 2020 election out. This will be true whether he goes anti-2A or not.