2. Trump won by being all things to all right-of-center voters. He consolidated support from hard right and also most moderate Republicans
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3. The moderate (Chris Christie) & unorthodox (Peter Thiel) Republicans who supported Trump did so because he was a deal-maker.
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4. The deal-maker Trump was supposed to be able to break Washington gridlock by his willingness to work with anybody: a triangulating POTUS
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5. In practice, Trump hasn't been a deal-maker but has found it safer to work with hard right GOP on courts & immigrations
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6. There's plenty of signs that Trump is sick of GOP congress, sees them as dragging him down & disloyal.
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7. But if Trump is moving towards triangulations, it's out of spite not strategy. He wants to slap around McConnel & Ryan more than anything
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8. Trump's triangulation is unlikely to lead to anything substantive, only to increase chaos:https://newrepublic.com/article/144726/trump-screwed-republicans-now-what …
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The best path to impeachment is getting Trump to cut deals with Democrats
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you are going to dash hopes it will last, aren't you
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