He’s probably thinking like me, that we should adopt a federalist position up to this next election. Let the states haggle over it... many who opposed Roe v Wade did so for that purpose..
I think that is correct, Trump brought the USA back to the Pre Roe V Wade 1973 Decision which invented a legal doctrine to support Roe V Wade, prior to 1973 Abortion was under the control of State Legislatures and Governors, who were accountable to the voters of each of the respective 50 states. Abortion laws reflected what voters in said States wanted, California and New York had Abortion laws that mirrored post Roe V Wade laws imposed on all 50 states, etc.
The best way to deal with abortion is using the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, that which is not under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government are tied to a Constitutional Amendment falls back to the states.
There is no way a Constitutional amendment is going to pass to outlaw abortion or make it the law of the land. You pass a Federal abortion law then the next time the Dems have control they repeal it.
The problem with your premise is that Trump was attacking a state for addresses the issue, which is exactly the federalist position you and I hold. Notice Trump didn’t attack any other states that have similar or more restrictive abortion laws, just Desantis. If Trump really didn’t want abortion to be an issue in the primary, all he had to say was that it is now an issue for the states and they are regulating it as they see fit, then move to the next question.
He's a presidential candidate criticizing a state for their law on abortion. That's the polar opposite of a federalist position. It might be a pragmatic position, but it's neither moral or federalist.
As a pragmatist, where is Trump going to draw the line? Apparently somewhere between 6 weeks and birth.
Trump is criticizing desantis for the state doing exactly that. He is not prolofe anymore than he is pro 2A. He will give lip service to those positions until he thinks it is not popular to do so, then will back out and soften his stance to something he thinks will play better.