Because he had GOP Senators like Flimsey Grahamnesty threatening him.
Who was President - Trump or Graham? Or is the U.S. President merely a figurehead for an evil cabal that really runs things....
“Because he had GOP Senators like Flimsey Grahamnesty threatening him”
That is the most important element in all this: The eGOP in the Senate, working with the communists, threatened to allow impeachment of Trump if he dared harm the communists.