How Trump's 'Midas touch' shepherds the Republican Party

How Trump’s ‘Midas touch’ shepherds the Republican Party


After President-elect Donald Trump swept all seven swing states and the popular vote on November 5, the Republican Party has largely fallen behind his MAGA mandate.

Although Trump has become the face of the Republican Party, some defectors have required the shepherding of the president-elect in order to effectively implement this MAGA mandate.

While Republicans control both the executive and the legislative branches, the narrow majorities in the House and Senate have left the GOP with very little wiggle room to implement Trump’s policy agenda. But where pressure is needed, pressure has been applied, and it has worked.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump is the only Republican with the Midas touch of political viability.

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One of the earliest examples of Trump’s effective pressure campaign

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