Can Republicans Quit Trump?
Then David is joined by Bob Inglis, a former Republican representative, to discuss what it’s like to lose an election, the mindset of the defeated Republicans in 2026, and whether Republicans will do some real soul-searching after being wiped out by a blue wave.
Key points
- Over the past decade, Americans have seen that again and again—when Donald Trump is faced with some form of constraint, he acts out in some way.
- The question that I think will haunt many of us is, given the new political facts in Washington: What is President Trump’s next move?
- Who thought, as you worried about the second Trump presidency, that roadside executions of peaceful protesters might happen?
And it is all about finding that new presentation that is able to say, No, no; we can actually help people, and we won’t just be about power and transactional nature.
Additional details
- How will President Trump respond to the seeming closing in of the walls and the seeming constraint on his power?
- David warns that the final two years of Trump’s term could be filled with multiple constitutional crises.
- I think that the product is going to be so grotesque that Republicans say, Oh, how did we ever do that?
- And while Congress has the power of the purse, the president can even weaponize that against Congress.
- He still controls ICE and can deploy that force at his command.
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