Do you think Trump realizes that McConnell is sacrificing him for his own goals?

[Dr. Jack]

Anyone who has been paying attention to Senate politics for the past decade knows that McConnell's ultimate goal fill the federal judiciary with as many conservatives as possible. Very little else matters to him, including his own political future. Now we are seeing polls showing McConnell's move to ram through a replacement for RGB and all of the other hypocrisy surrounding the Supreme Court are very unpopular. We also have seen the Democrats raise an absolutey unheard of amount of money in the past few days. Overall this move is likely going to have severe consequences for Republicans in November. I feel like McConnell is aware of that, he just thinks it worth it, as do the Republican senators who were bound to go down in flames this year anyway. But one key Republican, a very orange, bloated Republican who can't drink from a glass of water, is still unaccounted for. And that does make me wonder, does Trump have any idea that McConnell is likely sacrificing Trump to the wolves? Ramming through a new justice is all that matters to McConnell. His final goal has been acheived and Trump has outlived his usefulness. McConnell is basically sending Trump on a suicide mission and I get the very strong impression Trump is 100% unaware of this and is 100% unaware that he is not the powerbroker in the GOP. I wonder if he is ever going to figure it out?

[EarlG]

1. True and also

it's odd how people keep talking about this as if Donald Trump will be selecting the replacement Justice. The new Justice will be McConnell's choice. There's no way in hell McConnell is going to let Trump make the decision.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. tRump hasn't selected any of them.

He doesn't even know who any of them were. He's just doing what Grover Norquist dreamed of, appointing who he's told to appoint, holding the pen and signing what is put in front of him.

[TwilightZone]

4. The new Justice will be the Federalist Society's choice

Just like the rest of the right-wing justices nominated over the past couple of decades.

[Statistical]

5. Dump gets the credit that is all he cares about. So win-win for Dump and Moscow Mitch.

[qazplm135]

2. I think Trump realizes

His only hope is to get every last conservative to come out and vote for him.

[True Blue American]

7. On another note

Bloomberg just raised $20 million to help ex felons vote!

[hlthe2b]

6. Lincoln Project (Rick Wilson et al) should do ad on how Trump is being manipulated--like one they

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did on Brad Parscale. This timetable serves only McConnell-who may well have concluded Trump is going to be defeated If SCOTUS judge confirmed before election or even set up for vote soon after, why would Rs have any reason to vote for Trump in the election. Quote the statsistic on R's who ONLY voted Trump in 2016 for court nominees.

I could damn well guarantee, Trump would see it and even his reptile brain knows deception/manipulation when he sees it (has it overtly pointed out to him).

[renate]

10. amen amen amen

It would be so great if ads pitted McConnell and Trump against each other.

[Klaralven]

8. "Aprs moi, le dluge"

[Leith]

9. chump doesn't know what day it is

He's a couple of levels below the governor in Blazing Saddles, but not nearly as funny.

[Mike 03]

11. He's been conditioned to boast about the judges by McConnell and others (probably

guys like McGahn and Miller) and thinks this is his great achievement, and that the evangelicals like him for it. He gushes about the judges in the new Woodward book.

As an aside Don McGahn was willing to accept an inordinate amount of humiliation because his obsession was judge placement, and his Prize was to get Kavanaugh through. That is how obsessed these guys are.