The Trump revolution is being slowed by its own political debris field
(CNN) It was the week reality began to catch up with the White House. President Donald Trump made clear in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night there will be no let-up in his relentless pace, his attempts to maximize executive power and his shake-up of the country and the world.
Yet every political action causes a counter reaction. And the first signs of friction are appearing that could slow the president’s shock-and-awe start to his administration. It’s unlikely to stop Trump’s aggressive power plays, but it shows that even he is not immune to political gravity.
There’s little sign that he faces any imminent and meaningful opposition from congressional Democrats, whose glum and lame acts of protest during his primetime speech only exposed their powerlessness.
But the complications of a softening economy do now seem to be weighing on Trump’s behavior. The impact on regular Americans of Elon Musk’s bid to shred the federal government has prompted GOP lawmakers to demand a role. The Supreme Court just issued a ruling that could frustrate the administration’s attempt to shut down foreign aid. And more court rulings reining in Trump’s power grabs mean that the coming months are likely to be more impeded than his first six weeks in office.
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