Trump would be a fool to invoke the insurrection act when there is no insurrection, but few of his supporters or Wall Street thought he'd be dumb enough to kill the US economy with wholesale tariffs on all imports either. The question is: what will it take congressional Republicans to act against him? The answer so far is "nothing". Will…
Trump would be a fool to invoke the insurrection act when there is no insurrection, but few of his supporters or Wall Street thought he'd be dumb enough to kill the US economy with wholesale tariffs on all imports either. The question is: what will it take congressional Republicans to act against him? The answer so far is "nothing". Will it take American protesters being shot by the Army to do it? Americans being deported to El Salvador? Loss of Social Security? One thing that might do it is convincing Republicans that a Democratic landslide in 2026 will sweep them out.
Trump would be a fool to invoke the insurrection act when there is no insurrection, but few of his supporters or Wall Street thought he'd be dumb enough to kill the US economy with wholesale tariffs on all imports either. The question is: what will it take congressional Republicans to act against him? The answer so far is "nothing". Will it take American protesters being shot by the Army to do it? Americans being deported to El Salvador? Loss of Social Security? One thing that might do it is convincing Republicans that a Democratic landslide in 2026 will sweep them out.