Surely any roadblocks you put in place quickly by one party in power can be removed quickly by the other party in power. Again, I think what's going to matter is those few people in the administration with standards and allegiance to the country over party, and loud outcries from the people when they touch something important.
There is a myth in evangelical Christian circles, I believe acknowledged in the article, that candy canes have their color (white for purity, red for blood) and shape (upside-down J for Jesus) and taste (sweet like the gospel) to explicitly communicate Christian doctrines. There is even a children's Christmas musical performed in churches at Christmas based on this principle.
As much as one may approve of the doctrines, Christians holding steadfastly to a particular origin of candy canes regardless of the evidence seems dishonest and misguided, if not outright idolatrous to me.
Funny how the Orange idiot encouraged Iran to build the bomb by trying to stop them. And I'm sure the advent of Trump 2.0 in January only pushes them harder.
It depends. Does he collect them because they're cool and he wants to trade with friends, or to play the game and win? If it's the former, get a bunch of packs (I think they typically have of order 10 cards each, and you're guaranteed one of the better cards with nice art). If the latter, you would need to ask so you get something that works with what he has; one possibility is to get a trainer box that has cards that tend to work together, or you can buy decks that previously won a championship or something.
Mostly both.