His attempt to use the government shutdown for a power grab had failed. The Supreme Court had limited his power to impose unilateral tariffs and deploy the National Guard domestically. ICE failed to subdue Minneapolis and had sparked a public backlash. The Senate refused to end the filibuster. More and more Epstein material kept leaking. Anthropic was taking the Administration to court. And the midterms looked really bad.
So Trump focused on foreign policy and war, because there is very little that can be done to constrain a President in foreign policy and military matter. Except, of course, that "very little can be done" means that little can be done domestically. The enemy still gets a veto.
And now that Trump's overseas war is not going so well, it appears he is turning back to domestic matters, with some success. The Supreme Court has not only authorized, but mandated Republicans to gerrymander the South in their favor. Indiana Republicans who defied Trump have lost their primaries. The Attorney General is pursuing indictments against James Comey (for seashells) and the Southern Poverty Law Center for using informants, with who knows what to come. And now he is proclaiming political opponents to be terrorists.
Look, there are signs of growing push-back against Trump's power. But he is becoming more abusive the more he feels threatened.
Buckle up.
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