Trump is NOT a Republican.
This was never his party.
When he secured the nomination in 2016, he said he had beaten a rigged system.
Put another way, he completed a hostile takeover of the Republican ballot spot for POTUS.
He became POTUS because he promised to build a wall which was a promise those who hold elected office in the Republican Party was never going to allow him to keep.
Trump is held hostage by the choices presented him by those putting their name up to run on the Republican ticket.
When Jeff Sessions betrayed Trump, then it was clear just how much Deep State rot had overtaken the Republican Party.
Honestly as a conservative, I never saw that betrayal coming as I thought Little Beauregard was as solid as anyone Trump could have selected to put in a position of trust in his cabinet.
Trump is playing the Johnson situation as well as he can.
Elite Stream Media would love nothing more than to make a war between Trump and Johnson.
Trump wisely avoids doing what his enemies would love him to do.
Trump is in the fight of his life just to stave off the political prosecutions.
Not to mention that he has mount a campaign while fighting his enemies in courtrooms.
Fighting a battle with Johnson can only hurt his goal of securing the White House.
Trump is playing the lousy hand that has been dealt him as well as anyone could play it.
The other thing is they’re “Trump-proofing” I notice
Most of the spending is baked into 2026- near halfway through a theoretical 2nd Trump term.
The Dems will also likely run the House/Senate for most of it.
I don’t see them compromising or being forced to do things they dont like such as cutting spending