'Big ol' contempt loogie': Writer predicts Trump's political grenade will hit him in face
Raw StoryPresident-elect Donald Trump has already shot his second administration in the foot — specifically in its authoritarian Achilles heel, a political columnist contends. Salon writer Amanda Marcotte argued Friday that Trump's decision to demand that former Rep. Matt Gaetz become his Attorney General was an attempt to strongarm Republican allies he'll need as president — and whose patience has already begun to run thin. Marcotte argued Trump's choice of Gaetz was a direct shot at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican allies who expressed disdain at the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Marcotte argued Trump's demand that Gaetz head the Justice Department amounted to the latest loyalty test in a series of challenges with increasing stakes. Marcotte argued Trump's strongman tactics were to blame for the few accomplishments of his first term and predicted this doubling down would foretell a similar lack of action in his second.
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