Trump 'seems a whole lot smaller' as GOP continues to 'repeatedly defy him': analysis

Trump 'seems a whole lot smaller' as GOP continues to 'repeatedly defy him': analysis

Most second-term presidents hit their lame-duck era right after the midterm election, but Atlantic staff writer Jonathan Lemire said President Donald Trump ushered in his lame-duck phase early. “… [M]any presidents have been at least able to delay their diminishment until after the midterm elections, at which point — political capital largely exhausted, the political world turning to the race to pick a successor — they tend to focus on things ov…

Adviser reveals Trump has just discovered the 'quickest way to become a lame duck'

A "close outside adviser" to President Donald Trump recently told Jonathan Lemire of The Atlantic that the president has just discovered "the quickest way to become a lame duck."Trump's MAGA base has been fracturing for some time after the administration declined to release the Jeffrey Epstein files...