Is he? His threat last week to go after any Republican congressperson who didn’t vote to abolish the debt limit resulted in all but 38 Republican representatives and 10 senators voting to fund the government without abolishing the debt limit. The nomination of Gaetz as AG didn’t even last a Scaramucci. He seems to have completely given up on his demand that he be allowed to make recess appointments.
It’s quickly becoming clear that he’s not as intimidating as he once was, and he’s looking a lot weaker and less in control of the situation. This isn’t a president who’s going to be able to issue dictatorial edicts and have the other branches of government just go along with it.