The chaotic, 48-hour preview into Trump’s Congress

The chaotic, 48-hour preview into Trump’s Congress With assists from POLITICO’s Congress team The incoming president’s social media posts might be able to kill a bill, but his backing doesn’t mean his party will pass it. “I don’t know if this is what a trifecta is going to look like, but this is certainly what it’s going to look like to have President Musk and First Lady Donald Trump controlling a Republican Congress,” said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove “You’re going to see deals getting blown up, lying and reneging happening, deals being broken and Republicans being punked.” Take the debt ceiling debate. Now, Trump’s getting a handshake agreement among Republicans to address the debt ceiling next year — adding another area that could cause huge issues in the party, as they pledge to cut $2.5 trillion in mandatory spending. QUICK LINKS This just in: The red-state Senate Democrat goes extinct!, from Ben Terris at The Washington Post Musk vows to fund ‘moderate’ Democratic primary challengers, from Anthony Adragna House passes government spending package after Trump, Musk fueled chaos, from Katherine Tully-McManus and Jennifer Scholtes TRANSITIONS Andrew Wright will be chief of staff for Rep. Dan Goldman.