Posted on 09/07/2018 5:06:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — On one end of Pennsylvania Avenue this week, President Trump and his closest advisers labored to beat back perceptions, fueled by an anonymous essay in The New York Times and a bruising new book by Bob Woodward, that he had all but lost control of the presidency from within. He lashed out anew at his attorney general, shouted “TREASON” and demanded investigations of his detractors.
But as he raged, Republicans in the Senate were pressing steadily through angry liberal protests and Democratic perjury traps toward perhaps the most lasting impact of the Trump era: a conservative shift in the balance of the Supreme Court capable of shaping the country for a generation.
The dueling images of a president on the edge and a conservative Congress soldiering forward explain succinctly why almost all elected Republicans here have quietly supported Mr. Trump through his travails — or at least not chastised him too loudly. The payoffs for what Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, called the party’s “Faustian bargain” have been rich and long awaited: deep cuts in corporate and personal tax rates, confirmation of a wave of conservative judges for the lower courts, and soon an ideological shift in the highest court of the land.
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The NYC real estate guy is better at politics than all of the career politicians.
The career politicians are just bullies and grifters with no real skills. Trump has them outclassed.
He may be a one trick pony, but McDonnell’s doing a hell of a job on the judicial nominees. Nine more this week, and they will have long-term impact.
“Faustian bargain”
“deep cuts in corporate and personal tax rates, confirmation of a wave of conservative judges for the lower courts, and soon an ideological shift in the highest court of the land.”
OMG!! OMG!! We are doomed!! (And thank God and then some!!!)
GO TRUMP!!
Yup
Decades from now, conservatives, if any are left, will be in amazement at what Trump did and tried to do during his presidency.
Trump may have opportunity to replace Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg; he would
become one of the more influential presidents.
Finally a man’s man in the presidency. He’s taking all the hits from all the Swamp Bugs, but he just keeps on going. It took an outsider to finally get things moving in DC.
What many falsely assume is a future democrat president will likely ignore a Supreme Court decision that doesn’t support the progressive agenda. He or she will just simply say. “Enforce it!”
No matter how soon the sealed indictments are released & perp walks are done, it will be a Very Merry Christmas for me.
I just hope that NO FLY LISTS have been improved & PASSPORTS FROZEN,.
And- Whatever salary they forced him to take, he is donating to various charities, mostly involving Veterans.
Didn’t see Clinton or Obama ever doing that.
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