Donald Trump rearranged the politics of Washington on
Wednesday, September 6 with his decision to go with “Chuck’s” and “Nancy’s”
three-month debt limit. He did it in his Studio 1600, where with the Resolute
Desk and the Oval Office couches he stages most of his political theater (see
blogs: Trump Backs the Democrats’ Debt Limit and Kelly Needs to be a Theater Director).
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| President Donald Trump
meets with bipartisan group of congressional leaders and members of his economic team in Oval Office, Sept. 6, 2017 | Kevin Lamarque/Reuters |
The political impact was felt most abruptly on the Hill
where Republican leadership and its legislative strategy were upended. A round
of media and pundit speculation was launched concerning the impact on Paul Ryan
and his seldom happy or unified caucus and on Mitch McConnell being able to align
the Senate with the administration on the legislative agenda.
The broader political effect is also beginning to register.
Trump, the independent, was one story in the New York Times suggesting he could run as an independent in 2020,
but suggesting for now, the Republicans may need to assume Ross Perot was
elected in 2016 and negotiate accordingly.
Expect Studio 1600 to be the staging ground for a major
challenge to the establishment Republican Party, its leadership and its power.
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