Trump was certainly an outlier, but the observation holds.

Trump (come January anyway) is a lame duck now, especially with a blue Congress. He won't get anything substantial through Congress and everyone's attention will will rapidly shift to who is running in 2028. Nobody on the R side will be seeking or hoping for his endorsement; his leverage over them has been neutralized; they will be working on new messaging to get their traditional voters back. That campaign started on Wednesday.

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grey-area a day ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, he's also a self-centred fool who hates being ignored and thinks he can run again in 2028. I expect him to bomb Iran in the next few days, and congress/senate to be too slow/weak to stop him.

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SoftTalker a day ago | parent [-]

I don't think so. I would not be a bit surprised if impeachment proceedings were started on January 3 (though I think it not to be the best use of their time, they certainly aren't going to listen to me).

	▲	Itoldmyselfso 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		He's already been impeached twice, with very little coming out of it. Many republicans would have to truly abandon him for any drastic consequences to happen.
	▲	grey-area 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I fervently hope you're right.

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humanlion87 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He has been pushing a lot of his agenda via executive orders. I doubt Congress is going to stop him since he can veto whatever he wants.

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Terr_ 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Trump (come January anyway) is a lame duck now

I'm concerned that this might rest too heavily on the presumption of regularity and legality.

There's a lot of (additional) illegal stuff Trump could do if 33 out of ~44 Republican senators are willing to pretend it's not "enough" to remove him from office.

	▲	ted_bunny 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		People always forget the Erdoǧan Principle. Democracy is a train. You take it to where you want to go, and then you step off.

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sagarm 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is cope. Trump is still very popular among Republican primary voters. An anti-Trump candidate faces an uphill battle with the base of the party.

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fullshark a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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