With the GOP fundamentally reshaped, the legislative branch is poised to fuel, not fight, Trump’s desires should he win another term in the White House.
At rallies and in interviews, Trump has declared he’ll fix the border and radically transform citizenship laws, curb inflation, dramatically increase oil production, enact new trade deals, and protect entitlements—all while somehow cutting taxes.
But without the active support of Republican lawmakers, Trump’s power to reshape the country will be far more limited—, when his efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act were stalled and, in general, his worst impulses were reined in by a skeptical congressional GOP. U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to press in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC, United States on March 22, 2024.But for all that GOP lawmakers talked up their eagerness to move forward with Trump’s agenda on the economy, immigration, and other topics, a great many of them are just as eager—if not more so—to tap into Trump’s grievance agenda.
Trump has already made clear his desire to leverage GOP power in Congress to aid in what he has already promised to be a vengeful second term. As helast year, “I am your warrior. I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” US Senator JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, speaks before former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage during a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024.One Trumpworld operative seconded Miller’s point, predicting Trump would wield significantly more congressional support for his policies and goals, especially in the chamber that often halted his legislative priorities in the first term: the Senate.
Rep. Eric Swalwell —a popular punching bag for Republicans, including the former president—said Trump would take a “wrecking ball” to the freedoms many people care about. When asked about Trump’s plans for a second term, some GOP lawmakers unsurprisingly talked about the executive actions he might take immediately after being inaugurated.
However, just as easily as Trump would implement those practices via executive order, a future administration could end them—just ask President“This time, when he’s back in, I want us to codify everything that he signed in executive order,” Miller said.
Multiple senior GOP congressional aides and the Trumpworld source expect Trump would make a big push to extend the tax cuts and congressional Republicans would be willing to help him get that done. Some in Congress believe that, in a possible second term, there would be intense pressure on Trump to pursue cutting entitlements in an effort to rein in government spending, which is one of the GOP’s most long-standing policy dreams.
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