Trump Is Weaker Now Than He’s Ever Been

Trump's 'grip' on the GOP is 'weaker' than at any other time: report

President Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP doesn’t appear to extend to Indiana, if Thursday’s events are any indication, writes CNN’s Aaron Black in a Friday column. That evening, the Indiana Senate, where Republicans hold a dominant majority, rejected Trump’s push to force a mid-decade redrawing of the state’s congressional map that would have eliminated its two Democratic-held seats.Trump seems to recognize the looming danger of the 2026…

Trump Is Weaker Now Than He’s Ever Been

Aaron Blake: “In the end, the situation in Indiana demonstrated quite the opposite of what Trump intended. Indeed, the state Senate’s rejection of his redistricting push wound up being one of the most significant GOP rebukes of Trump to date, and at a particularly inauspicious time for him.” “The upshot is that Trump’s hold over his party – his most important political asset – appears weaker than at virtually any other point in his two presidenc…