Summary
Chuck Todd argues that Donald Trump is rapidly spending his political capital by prioritizing revenge and culture wars over governance.
His controversial cabinet picks, like Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, signal instability and risk alienating voters who supported him as a rejection of Biden, not an endorsement of Trumpism.
Todd warns that perceived overreach, like aggressive culture war policies or erratic mass deportation plans, could lead to public backlash and erode Trump’s support.
Without delivering stability and results, his presidency could quickly face the same challenges as Biden’s.
Chuck didn’t get the memo
Why would he give two shits about political capital when his fucking shit supreme court started that he can do any illegal shit he wants as long as he’s president? He has all the political capital in the world when he’s been given dictatorial power that Biden didn’t take advantage of.
Didn’t this all happen last time we elected him too, and then his cabinet was total chaos for four years? I feel like this is all kinda familiar.
Yup.
One headline after another about how much trouble Trump was getting himself into by pulling stunts like this, and little to no consequences for it.
I got a sneaky suspicion that the “Liberal Media” actually loves him. They can make millions on low effort rage bait headlines for the next four years.
No. Trump will not face the same challenges as Biden, and his loss of support doesn’t matter one bit.
Neither the Republican controlled Congress nor the conservative SCOTUS will impeach Trump for overreaching or infringing on the Constitution.
Even if we were still able to protest, it wouldn’t change the lack of accountability Trump will see this term.
Neither the Republican controlled Congress nor the conservative SCOTUS will impeach Trump for overreaching or infringing on the Constitution
Counter point: they will remove him just after the two year mark once his usefulness-conflagration ratio has burned out and install president vance … for an entire fucking decade
Trump is an actual terrorist. He tried to murder congress members. His support with voters will tank over the next 4 years and then people will forget most of it.
His legacy will depend on how well his fans gaslight and how well Biden’s recovery holds, just like last time with Obama’s recovery.
Which is why it’s a big ol’ four year hourglass for Republicans to make elections irrelevant. That is 100% their plan because while Trump is a verifiable moron, the scum attached to him aren’t stupid.
If you get evil, you hope for stupid evil. That was Trump term 1. This time there’s a LOT of smart evil along for the ride.
Only 2 years if midterms happen. Historically party in control does worse in those but we’ll see. Also more nazi seats are up with 20 nazi seats and 13 dem seats up for election in 2026. House is up for reelection as well.
Compared with 2024 which had 18 Dem seats, 11 nazi seats and 4 independents (including sinema and Manchin). Nazis converted 4, Dems got 1 (Sinema).
Dems got 1 (Sinema)
Eww, throw this one back. It’s all icky.
Sinemas old seat I should say. Idk the new person.
When you can accuse a guy’s dad of being a serial killer and they still kiss up to you, there is no such thing as political capital
Fascism is like fire. It can spread, but ultimately it destroys the things it needs to keep going. Trump will try and use minorities and Democratic leaders as kindling to keep it going as long as possible. A saving grace for the US is that fascists never voluntarily give up power and so Trump’s death will likely result in some reconciliation of how we would like the constitution to actually function. Will there be enough political will to change that? Probably not.
I’ve said it before, the man steals political capital. When you can lie like he does, you don’t need a tit for tat, or even approval from the masses.
Prioritizing over governance? Fully half of his campaign, at least, was promising revenge, and most of the rest was culture wars. Governance has never been his priority, nor that of the dupes who voted for him. He could come out and say he’s leaving the actual busy work of running the country to Vance just so he can devote his full attention to hurting the people he wants to hurt, and the Cult would praise it as brilliant delegation and wish him happy hunting.
