He was forced, through gritted teeth, to briefly acknowledge the murder of brown people by a white person so now he's placating the base. https://t.co/36m13kadeX
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) March 17, 2019
Or is he just appeasing his Deplorables?
“Trump is extremely sensitive to the nuances of what is chanted at his rallies.” https://t.co/Nd6xsiz4Kd
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 16, 2019
There is probably no better way to demonstrate one’s manly strength and control than firing off a tweet in capital letters. So it is that, when a dozen GOP senators defied President Trump’s orders and voted to terminate his declaration of a national emergency, his powerful Twitter thumbs sprang into action: “VETO!”
The thrilling message to his supporters: Trump’s got this. He’s totally in command of the situation.
But we are now learning new details about just how personally involved Trump was in trying to prevent defections among GOP senators. It turns out Trump aggressively sought to make this vote all about himself — frequently warning that he would unleash the cult-like wrath of his voters if the Senate didn’t do his bidding — and raged as that effort failed.
What makes this so odd is that even though the Senate and House have now voted to terminate Trump’s national emergency, he actually can veto the measure, and his emergency will proceed. So why the histrionics? One possible answer is that, for Trump, even this interim loss represented an unacceptable display of weakness — with ominous portents for the future…
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