If Trump did not make all those false promises at the begining of his term in office, things might have been a bit different. When he arrogantly stated that the war in Ukraine woulld never have happened if he was president, or the golden age of America is here and the economy would boom under his presidency. In fact the opposite is happening. Gas prices, grocery prices are sky high and the middle class is sufferihg.
The Republicans controled all the three branches of government, yet nothinng really spectacular happened. Why was the house and Senate so scared of Trump not to control him?
The icing on the cake was the un-winnable war with Iran. A powerhouse like the United States is unable to take down the Iranian regime, costing billions upon billions of dollars and at the same time depleting our missles and giving China and Russia a first hand look at our military strength.
That whooshing, gurgling sound you hear this morning is the power draining out of President Donald Trump’s White House.
The 2026 election results are an electoral humiliation unseen this century. They would be calamitous for any president.
They are even worse for Trump.
Trump is a singular figure in American history, a quasi-strongman leader whose particular brand of presidential power simply cannot coexist with the kind of rout his party faced last night.
His fundamental theory of power is in ruins. The survival of his presidency now depends on him adapting to diminished circumstances in a way
The essential problem for Trump is that his favorite instrument of governing is fear. His second term has been a 22-month exercise in projecting invulnerability and ruthlessness, then presenting powerful people and institutions – even foreign countries – with a choice. Either live peacefully with Trump on his terms or prepare to suffer the consequences.
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