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Donald Trump enters his lame duck era (www.politico.com)

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“If you don’t terminate the filibuster, you’ll be in bad shape,” he told them over breakfast in the State Dining Room.

It was classic Trump dominance theater, like many other occasions this year where he successfully muscled recalcitrant Republicans to confirm controversial nominees, support divisive policies and enact sweeping domestic policy legislation.

But upon returning to the Capitol, the senators made it very clear: They planned to blow Trump off. One GOP senator, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, laughed out loud when asked about the anti-filibuster push.

Welcome to the dawn of Trump’s lame duck era.

With Tuesday’s stunning election losses crystallizing the risks to downballot Republicans in 2026 and beyond, there are growing signs that lawmakers are contending with the facts of their political lives: He’ll be gone in just over three years, while they’ll still be around.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Literally only hit one year in since his election. There's another year before midterms. Is he claiming that there are 3 years he's got his hands glued together?

[–] btaf45@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Is he claiming that there are 3 years he’s got his hands glued together?

Nope. Its not claiming that. The article is pointing out a significant thing just happened. For the very first time in this term, GOP congressmen rejected a major demand of Traitorapist Trump. That is the definition of "lame duck" status. The implication is that now that GOP congressmen have successfully rejected a major Trump demand without any negative consequences at all, its going to be much easier to do this in the future. It doesn't mean that every Trump request will be denied, just that Trump's bullying should be much less effective now. Not only does Traitorapist not have unlimited powers, even his own party is rejecting him now.

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