President Trump’s tight grip on the GOP, long assumed to be an inevitable feature of American life (like gravity or the McRib’s seasonal return), has started to loosen.
Republicans are now openly defying him. The man who once ruled the GOP like a casino boss can’t even strong-arm Indiana Republicans into gerrymandering themselves properly.
This sort of resistance didn’t emerge overnight. It fermented like prison wine or bad ideas in a faculty lounge. First came the Iran bombing: an early shock that suggested “America First” might also mean “Israel First,” at least to the populist-nationalist camp inside the GOP.
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US says diversity policies infringe human rights | Countries
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President
Donald Trump called for the arrest of a group of Democratic lawmakers
who served in the military and intelligence community after they
released a video urging service members to resist unlawful orders.
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Democratic representatives released a video on social media on Tuesday
pleading with service members and intelligence officers to reject
illegal orders amid ongoing U.S. military strikes against alleged-drug
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Every time I visit Washington, DC, I feel that the ground has
shifted. My sense now is that America has entered what this week we are
calling the Anything Goes Era. Skirting the rules is all right if you
have political protection. Wealthy individuals rest easy knowing that
their tax returns will not be audited. The Department of Justice has
dropped prosecutions of politicians for corruption. Its public-integrity
unit has been gutted. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a
post-Watergate piece of good-government reform, has in effect been
shelved. President Donald Trump has pardoned a cryptocurrency mogul
jailed for money-laundering and the son of someone who gave his
political movement $1m.
Presidents reflect the mores of their times and the Anything
Goes Era did not start with Mr Trump. However, he has upped the tempo
and removed constraints that once held others back. His family members
have enriched themselves. When there is one decision-maker and he often
changes his mind, it is worth spending a lot to win his favour.
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