Since being elected, Trump has never unholstered his guns in any significant way. His office carries a massive amount of power, but he seems reluctant to use it.
I suppose it boils down to whether or not the troops respect the authority of their commander. We know that the government is still riddled with holdovers from the last two administrations, many of them in key positions.
I think he's going to be stymied in a lot of ways, until he makes a real dent in replacing the insubordinates with true Trump loyalists.
His office carries a massive amount of power, but he seems reluctant to use it.”
I’m as impatient as you are but Trump could never just unholster and start banging. As the new POTUS he had to build some political equity before moving on the deepstate. He has done this magnificently. He has also allowed Mueller et al to play out their game. When Trump was elected I said he would need two years to start any move. Wait 5 more months. While you’re doing that try to extrapolate where Muller et al are going to be, in their bizarre frenzy, by then. Get the SCOTUS up. Get the election done. Then ATTACK...