Posted on 06/06/2025 11:40:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A full decade after his entry into politics, to what extent will his influence carry on when he leaves the White House?
Even Donald Trump will become a lame duck one of these days. Despite the 45th and 47th president’s undeniable transformation of American politics, there will come a day when his towering presence starts to shrink. History has repeatedly demonstrated that this happens without fail following the midterm elections in a president’s second term. That is when the agenda of a chief executive not up for re-election will inevitably be subsumed by an ever-sharpening focus on the many contenders lining up to become the next leader of the Free World, and even a friendly Congress no longer bends fully to his will. While it is too early to prognosticate what will happen when Trump starts to lose his front-and-center perch, you can be sure that Republicans and Democrats far and wide are already thinking hard about it.
An Entire Decade Since Descending That Golden Escalator
We are now less than two weeks short of a decade since Trump first announced he was running for president. For better or worse, he has transformed American politics more than in any era since the 1960s. He has achieved what was once thought impossible: flipping the GOP into the party of the working class while Democrats have gone in the opposite direction, descending into the party of coastal elites. But what is Trump’s shelf life? When will his influence start to fade? Most importantly, will the Republican Party be able to consolidate its successes in 2016 and 2024 and stave off another trip to the political wilderness, as it experienced in 2020?
It is hard to argue that Trump’s success will automatically carry over to the man or woman who becomes the next GOP...
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Changing officeholders will not restore our corrupted institutions.
Since Congress, after receiving hundreds of applications, disregards the Constitution to call an Article V Convention of States, PDJT should publicly pressure Congress to do so.
Begin with repeal of the 17th Amendment. Return the states to the Senate to prevent the otherwise likely return of rat authoritarianism.
If Repukes don’t get off their lazy asses, and start working for the people who elected them, instead of their own interests, they can kiss the party goodbye. If they waste this opportunity to back Trump and help America instead of hindering it, I won’t waste my time ever voting again.
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I believe that Donald Trump is the Andrew Jackson of our time. Jackson’s influence on the political landscape only ended with his death.
“...even a friendly Congress no longer bends fully to his will.”
LOL. This congress is completely uninterested in controlling federal spending. Trump’s BBB is a surrender to an out of control congress. There would be no budget were Trump to demand significant spending increases.
On budget issues, Congress is the problem. More specifically, all D’s and a significant number of R’s are the problem. Until we tame them, no control of spending is possible and the deficit will continue unchecked until it cannot continue any longer.
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