(#5811) There will be no easiness about trump and his agenda with republicans

      I am already seeing several signs that what trump wants and what the rank and file republican majority in both houses will give him is not a blank check. Which is encouraging after the election. Things could be much worse if the rest of the republican party just folded and were eager to give trump his dream of being a king. There are not enough moderate republicans left that the far right republicans can easily persuade to be like them and give trump his wish list. With both majorities in Congress very slim, trump is not going to find he can bully his way to all he desires.
     A lot of the coming legislation will be about how democrats can make their case for those moderate republicans to find a safe harbor away from trump. We already know that some republicans are not blindly following trump so ramping up their concerns into a forceful argument will be what saving our democracy will need. There will be some policies where trump will get his way and that unfortunately is the consequence of electing him but curtailing a lot of his destructive agenda has to be our priority. There is another election in two years that hopefully will change the balance of Congress and keep trump at bay until the 2028 election.
     I am starting to feel less certain trump will achieve his ultimate vision of turning America into Russia. The powers in the republican party are not willing as of yet to follow him down that path with unanimity. As long as we the democratic party stick to our vision for America with a willingness to compromise enough to maintain relations with moderate republicans then we have more hope that 2026 will change the balance in Congress to our favor. I don't like that we are on the brink of losing our democracy but it doesn't matter what I like what does matter is how we act going forward to try to preserve it. Nothing strategically logical is off the table as long as it makes our democracy more stable.