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The Trump Steamroller Is Broken
The Atlantic ^ | 11/19/25 | Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 11/24/2025 1:45:33 PM PST by DallasBiff

Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.

President Donald Trump’s administration has been embroiled in scandal and sloppiness. His own party has defied his political pressure. His senior staff has been beset by infighting. He has sparred with reporters and offered over-the-top praise to an authoritarian with a dire human-rights record. A signature hard-line immigration policy has polled poorly. And Republicans have begun to brace themselves for a disastrous midterm election.

That was 2017. But it’s also 2025.

Ten months into the president’s second term, Trump 2.0 is for the first time starting to resemble the chaotic original. And that new sense of political weakness in the president has not just emboldened Democrats who have been despondent for much of the past year. It’s also begun to give Republicans a permission structure for pushing back against Trump and jockeying for power with an eye to the elections ahead.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: concern; concerntroll; democratpropaganda; democrats; fakenews; gaslighting; liberalmedia; media; multiplenicks; randpaulsucks; randspam; randstanding; trump

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To: SoConPubbie

Best to ignore him — or it, since it could be a bot.


21 posted on 11/24/2025 2:07:57 PM PST by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: DallasBiff

Classic left-wing media desperately trying to imprint a narrative.


22 posted on 11/24/2025 2:10:40 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: FRiends
Hey, Atlantic? Where ya been? President Trump doesn't have a steamroller, he has a TRAIN! Get on board or get off the tracks!


23 posted on 11/24/2025 2:11:28 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: DallasBiff

Jonathan Lemire is an American political correspondent. He is currently co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW and a staff writer at The Atlantic. He was formerly the White House bureau chief at Politico and a White House correspondent at The Associated Press.

Why even post this crap?


24 posted on 11/24/2025 2:16:04 PM PST by McGruff
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To: DallasBiff

Broken or not, Trump needs to quit foreign policy and focus ENTIRELY on the midterms and ending vote cheating. He has many great issues, but he needs to communicate them to the voters. The best communicators will win.


25 posted on 11/24/2025 2:16:21 PM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: DallasBiff

At this point, it’s all about midterms. We’re going to hear nothing but this kind of ‘sky is falling’ garbage.

Painting the narrative is what they do. Only fools fall for it.


26 posted on 11/24/2025 2:17:35 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: MrRelevant

Yep. Left wing wishful thinking. Trump and Republicans have a very good record. Actively sold, it 2026 should be a good mid term for Trump.


27 posted on 11/24/2025 2:21:39 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: DallasBiff
Trump 1.0 was fine until the CCP/Deep State dumped covid on us wrecking the economy.

Trump 2.0 will be fine also, if he keeps his promises...

...AND if the CCP/Deep State doesn't deliberately wreck the economy again before the mid-terms.

28 posted on 11/24/2025 2:22:19 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: DallasBiff

And the TDS is very strong on Free Republic

The usual suspects on this Freeper board will applaud this article


29 posted on 11/24/2025 2:22:57 PM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: MrRelevant
A signature hard-line immigration policy has polled poorly.

Really?? Last report was something like 80% approval.

30 posted on 11/24/2025 2:25:39 PM PST by pfflier
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To: ansel12

They have been so far.

But we need to stop fighting half a battle.

We need to find and run MAGA candidates in every primary, for every election,

And vote for MAGA regardless of the letter after the name.


31 posted on 11/24/2025 2:31:42 PM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: mewzilla

True.


32 posted on 11/24/2025 2:32:37 PM PST by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: DallasBiff

This is the Psyop being used now by all the left wing wackos to try to convince people that Trump is done. They are wrong, bigly!


33 posted on 11/24/2025 2:37:23 PM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: DallasBiff
The Atlantic no less ... the publication with full blown TDS.
The Atlantic, back in November 2018, accused Trump (while in Paris) of stating he wouldn't visit the Belleu Woods WWI war memorial because the Marines & soldiers interred there were suckers & losers. The trip by helicopter was cancelled due to severe weather and time & security issues prevented a convoy of vehicles being used to make the trip. This was an outright fabrication by The Atlantic ... Trump visited other WWI Memorial sites both in France and Belgium the following day
34 posted on 11/24/2025 2:37:30 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: mewzilla

You are willing to support the democrats over the maga party?

I don’t anticipate supporting the democratic party myself.


35 posted on 11/24/2025 2:40:36 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: xone

How about getting those hostages released and ending the war in Gaza?


36 posted on 11/24/2025 2:43:24 PM PST by brookwood (First the left said it was OK to steal. Next they said it was OK to kill.)
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To: DallasBiff

More steam! STAT!!!!!


37 posted on 11/24/2025 2:49:56 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: ansel12

Not at GOP are MAGA...


38 posted on 11/24/2025 2:56:00 PM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Old West Conservative

Too many people on this site have an Amazon Prime mentality..they want it all now!

It took Reagan most of his first term to turn the ship around. People have a poor remembrance of history.


39 posted on 11/24/2025 2:58:27 PM PST by kaktuskid
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To: DallasBiff
They really have him this time

Ha Ha
Just kidding
Dream on Atlantic.

40 posted on 11/24/2025 3:04:08 PM PST by Colorado Doug
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