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President Donald Trump now \u201cowns\u201d the Republican Party, according to conservative commentator Margaret Hoover \u2014 and it is clear that the party does not know what will happen after he is gone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don’t know what’s going to happen with the future of the Republican Party,\u201d PBS\u2019 Margaret Hoover told her husband, The Bulwark\u2019s John Avlon, during a Bulwark appearance on Sunday. \u201cWhat I do know is Donald Trump completely owns the primary process and owns the party. There’s been a complete and total co-opting, but that’s also not new \u2014 we absolutely knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoover went on to describe how Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, despite his numerous scandals and perceived electability problems, trounced the incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the recent GOP primary after Trump endorsed Paxton over Cornyn. Hoover described Cornyn\u2019s concession speech after losing as \u201ca class act,\u201d adding that \u201che was very humble and completely a team player, doing the exact opposite of what Trump had done to him, which was just completely run all over him.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cI think it’s a sign of somebody with dignity and respect. But I also think what I see over and over again is that the electeds at the highest levels and the appointees at the highest levels don’t understand how fully corrupted the whole process has become until they interact with it head-on \u2014 and then they either go quietly into the night, or they have a seat in the peanut gallery on cable news, but they’re not actually in the bowels of policy and the important places where decisions are being made about the future of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Avlon noted that Cornyn did so poorly that he only won a single county, and even that county only had eight votes cast in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a complete trouncing,\u201d Hoover replied. \u201cAnd also, Cornyn \u2014 in the context of the Republican Party corrupted by Trump \u2014 had been one of the guys who, I’m sure in his own telling of his narrative to himself, tried to collaborate with Trump as much as he thought he politically needed to, and yet stand up to Trump in places where he felt it was important, in order to be able to look himself in the mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month CNN\u2019s Aaron Blake reported that Trump is increasingly unconcerned with how his politics come across in terms of winning the midterm elections, instead acting unilaterally on controversial issues even though many of his fellow Republicans are alarmed that he is harming their future electoral prospects.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Iran war is a case in point,\u201d Blake explained. \u201cTrump launched it without bothering to build a consistent case for it to the American people. The objectives have regularly shifted, and Trump seems unfamiliar with basic details.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blake continued, \u201cHe has threatened Iran with apparent war crimes and even warned last week that \u2018a whole civilization will die tonight\u2019 \u2014 before averting that course.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that, in addition to his Iran war, Trump has threatened war against Denmark, posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ and engaged in a one-sided beef with the popular American-born pope, Leo XIV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most recent events have led even some former Trump allies \u2014 like ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Candace Owens and Alex Jones, as well as first Trump administration employees Ty Cobb and Stephanie Grisham \u2014 to warn that the president is crazy or insane. Some of them and others on the right have even floated the unlikely solution of removing Trump from office using the 25th Amendment,\u201d Blake explained. \u201cA majority of Americans seems to notice his behavior too. A recent poll from Reuters and Ipsos showed 61% \u2014 and even 3 in 10 Republicans \u2014 agreed that Trump has \u2018become erratic with age.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Blake concluded, \u201cOther polls suggest rising concerns about Trump\u2019s mental acuity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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