Implicit in most criticism of Republicans’ acquiescence to Donald Trump is an assumption that it is tactical
treated to the novel sight of Donald Trump’s Republican colleagues deserting him in droves this week. Even Mitch McConnell had had enough of Mr Trump’s latest dereliction of “American leadership”—which Lindsey Graham, usually one of the president’s staunchest defenders, declared “just unnerving to its core”.
Implicit in most criticism of Republicans’ acquiescence to Mr Trump is an assumption that it is tactical—that they would behave differently unconstrained. They are said to be opportunists who suffer the president’s rough edges because they love his policies. They are said to be cowards, who fear a condemnatory tweet or primary challenge. And some—such as Mr Graham, a national-security hawk—are said to have made nice with Mr Trump to remain influential on a cherished issue.
The most generous explanation for this is the one they offer: that Mr Trump’s rule-breaking is mostly hot air. When Marco Rubio dismissed the president’s invitation to China to investigate Mr Biden as being “not a real request” he was representing that view. And, to be sure, a president who ponders shooting the legs from under illegal immigrants or nuking hurricanes or buying foreign countries often strains credulity.
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