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Eugene Robinson: Can Trump weather the storms of his own making?
[font face="serif" size="5"]Can Trump weather the storms of his own making?[/font]
[font size="1"]President Trump is shown during his visit to the pre-commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford Navy aircraft carrier. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)[/font]
By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer March 6 at 7:33 PM
Wow, we went from no drama to all drama in the blink of an eye. An embattled President Trump spent the weekend raging in frustration at his inability to control events — and his administration is just in its second month. How will he make it through a year? Let alone four?
And how long before Trump campaign insiders whose names have surfaced in reports about Russian contacts start lawyering up? How long before nervous political allies start backing away? How long before Republicans in Congress start putting self-interest — and, one dares to hope, the national interest — above party loyalty?
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Trump has put himself in a no-win position. If the Republican leadership in Congress denies his request for an investigation, he suffers an embarrassing public rebuke. If the request is granted, however, Trump sets in motion a process he will not be able to control.
It is one thing to take office determined to disrupt traditional ways of doing things. It is quite another to flail wildly at imaginary enemies, wounding oneself in the process. What on Earth will the third month of the Trump presidency be like?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-trump-weather-the-storms-of-his-own-making/2017/03/06/0f7280fa-02a4-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
[font size="1"]President Trump is shown during his visit to the pre-commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford Navy aircraft carrier. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)[/font]
By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer March 6 at 7:33 PM
Wow, we went from no drama to all drama in the blink of an eye. An embattled President Trump spent the weekend raging in frustration at his inability to control events — and his administration is just in its second month. How will he make it through a year? Let alone four?
And how long before Trump campaign insiders whose names have surfaced in reports about Russian contacts start lawyering up? How long before nervous political allies start backing away? How long before Republicans in Congress start putting self-interest — and, one dares to hope, the national interest — above party loyalty?
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Trump has put himself in a no-win position. If the Republican leadership in Congress denies his request for an investigation, he suffers an embarrassing public rebuke. If the request is granted, however, Trump sets in motion a process he will not be able to control.
It is one thing to take office determined to disrupt traditional ways of doing things. It is quite another to flail wildly at imaginary enemies, wounding oneself in the process. What on Earth will the third month of the Trump presidency be like?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-trump-weather-the-storms-of-his-own-making/2017/03/06/0f7280fa-02a4-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
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and proud of it! 