Imagining Trump with a Republican-Controlled Congress and the Roberts Court

Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin

“Some Republicans I know, even sane middle-of-the-road Republicans, tell me they are voting for Donald Trump. They have forgotten John F. Kennedy’s observation that sometimes ‘party loyalty demands too much.’ Sure, they admit sub silentio, Trump is a vulgar, foul-mouthed, malevolent, corrupt, unfit, crazy grifter lacking in cognitive function, but they claim there are ‘guardrails’ that will keep him on the right track. The other evening, at the Council on Foreign Relations, someone who worked in the first Trump administration said that five people run the government, and they would be the ‘adults in the room.’ Really? Tell that to John Kelly, John Bolton, H.R. McMaster, Jim Mattis, Anthony Scaramucci, or Mark Esper — all of whom were given their walking papers. History teaches that any adult who crosses the Donald winds up on the cutting room floor.” (10/28/24)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/10/28/imagining-trump-with-a-republican-controlled-congress-and-the-roberts-court/