Well?
At least the US House belongs to him…….
With Rep. Greene (R-Ga) as his band master making Repubican House Speaker Johnson march to Trump and Greene’s tunes against the Ukraine and US Intelligence Community , two place’s Trump IS trying to get ‘Revenge’…..
Of course Democrats ARE just sitting back and letting Repiblican lawmakers take the heat from all this inaction…..
Donald Trump is tightening his stranglehold on the congressional GOP’s policy agenda as he reshapes Republican lawmakers’ party orthodoxy on national security and social issues.
Trump’s sway was on full display Wednesday as the House tried to take up a warrantless government surveillance bill that was intended to unite the party. Then, hours after the former president pushed to “kill” the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reauthorization, 19 House Republicans did just that….
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Trump’s first four years in office featured no shortage of tense battles with the congressional GOP on trade, foreign policy and confirmation of his polarizing nominees. This time, Trump’s growing base of reflexive support and reluctance to challenge him among Hill Republicans is paving the way for what could prove a more friendly GOP Congress in his potential second term.
As Senate Republicans weigh a new leader and Speaker Mike Johnson runs the House as a Trump ally — even when the former president undercuts him — Trump’s moves amp up pressure on some GOP lawmakers who see their party’s ideology continuing to shift. It’s a high-stakes moment of transition for party leaders.
“Part of the problem is what I would call traditional Republicans have just assumed the status quo is going to continue. And obviously that’s being challenged on a number of fronts,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is running to take over from McConnell. “What it means is we’re going to have to work harder to make the case for the policies that we believe in.”
After Trump left office in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, his influence waned for a time as McConnell and other Senate Republicans cut major bipartisan deals with Democrats. After Trump easily dispatched his challengers for the GOP nomination, however, the failure of the border deal and House surveillance bill make clear that he’s more powerful in the Capitol…..
Note….
Just to put aside the above Bull Shit?
In the end?
Congress WILL pass legislation needed in the end……
It ALWAYS Does….
And Trump will NOT everything he wants……
He’s NOT the President anymore…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will not help GOP leaders with a procedural vote to advance legislation extending the government’s surveillance powers….
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