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Life finally man-handled President Donald Trump like it typically abuses Democratic presidents: with pushback and disappointment. But don\u2019t expect to see this brand of ego acknowledge it, says Washington Post writer Luke Broadwater.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy pretty much any estimation, President Trump has had a very bad week,\u201d said Broadwater. \u201cNew poll numbers show his approval rating has hit a second-term low. He is weighing whether to restart a bombing campaign in an unpopular war against Iran. Gas prices are high and inching higher heading into Memorial Day weekend. And his grip over Republican lawmakers is beginning to slip after he proposed a pair of deeply unpopular spending items, prompting an unusual revolt from the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normally when confronted with so intense a backlash ahead of precarious midterm elections, politicians pivot \u2014 maybe even display some humility \u2014 while redirecting their priorities to more popular policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Mr. Trump has decided to double down, presenting himself as politically all-powerful even in the face of indications that he is not,\u201d said Broadwater. <\/p>\n

Trump has proven invincible after winning re-election despite being under multiple criminal indictments. He has managed to twist the nonpolitical DOJ into his personal team of lawyers to prosecute his enemies and he has successfully targeted members of his own party for daring to oppose his policies, acknowledge his Jan. attempted coup or push for the release of the Epstein files \u2014 which for some reason Trump really wants to keep under wraps.<\/p>\n

And Trump has doubled down on his despised $1.8 billion slush fund to reward, said Broadwater, moaning that he could have simply used the taxpayer money to enrich himself. And he has sent his former personal lawyer and now acting attorney general Todd Blanche to ply Congressional Republicans to approve the fund. But what Blanche got was a verbal trouncing for daring to broach the topic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe meeting went so poorly for Mr. Blanche that party leaders scrapped planned votes on another of Mr. Trump\u2019s top priorities: a $72 billion immigration crackdown measure lawmakers had planned to muscle through before Memorial Day,\u201d said Broadwater.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a boiling point here,\u201d said George Washington University political science professor Sarah Binder, driven primarily by Trump\u2019s habit of doubles down instead of showing any sign of self-awareness or awareness in temperature changes around him. His dogged pursuit of other taxpayer-draining projects like his ballroom and the Trump Arch, while Americans struggle with his self-caused inflation and high gas prices, are other examples.<\/p>\n

And Binder says it does not appear to matter to him that he is jeopardizing the very Republican enablers that make his invincibility possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s focused on the arch. I think he\u2019s focused on his own personal legacy. He\u2019s focused on vengeance,\u201d said Binder. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t have a legislative agenda, so does he really need a Republican Senate?\u201d<\/p>\n

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