Analysis: Trump’s attempt to strong-arm Congress is actually a sign of his weakness
President Trump By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow April 27 at 6:00 AM Suing a committee chairman and his own accounting firm. Telling people who don’t work for him anymore that they can’t testify to Congress. Having his personal lawyer tell the Treasury Department not to release Trump’s tax returns to Congress.
"The president lacks a lot of informal modes of influence,” Huder said, “and he can't convince the allies he does have."Trump’s weakness has manifested itself in other ways that have cost him politically. “Look, I expect to be sued,” he said in February when he announced the emergency declaration. “We’ll win in the Supreme Court.”
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