> I do think they're catering his support, which is what matters. Clearly he has power in the republican establishment, enough that all these powerful people you mention can't get rid of him.
Because they want his endorsement to be voted into power.
Look, if the GOP voters get their way and remove every so-called 'RINO', and install Trump supporters, I will agree that Trump has become establishment. But until then, it's obvious he wasn't. When he had both branches of government with Paul Ryan as speaker, he still couldn't get his agenda through. Both the GOP house and the dem house stopped his agenda in various different ways.
Consider the border wall. This is incredibly popular amongst his base. The same base that voted Paul Ryan and his ilk into the house. And did they continue this agenda? No. They actively prevented it. Trump was -- his entire time in office -- a lone ranger. I don't see how this is even controversial.
Contrast this with Bush, who did have periods of GOP dominance, in which he got everything he wanted pushed through (his wars...). Or look at Obama with Obamacare and the dem house.
See, but this line of reasoning doesn't make sense, I can apply the same argument to get the conclusion that Biden isn't "establishment", because many of his policies aren't getting done, despite on paper Dem control of the house and senate. This would make...Joe Manchin the "establishment", I think, and everyone else in the democratic party, something else.
Having autocratic control of the government and policy isn't what makes you establishment or not, because politics is complicated. It's also not clear what "establishment" we're talking about now. The decision to ban trump was derided by pretty much everyone on the right, even the people you've called "establishment" GOP politicians. So if Ryan is "establishment", and Google was acting against Trump and Ryan when they banned him, which "establishment" were they working with?
The most frustrating thing about the Trump admin was the number of people on the left that didn’t realize he was fighting the GOP every single step. So much for “the enemy of my enemy”.
This was obvious to me from Reince Priebus on. McConnell and Graham played their parts until they didn’t have to anymore.
Because they want his endorsement to be voted into power.
Look, if the GOP voters get their way and remove every so-called 'RINO', and install Trump supporters, I will agree that Trump has become establishment. But until then, it's obvious he wasn't. When he had both branches of government with Paul Ryan as speaker, he still couldn't get his agenda through. Both the GOP house and the dem house stopped his agenda in various different ways.
Consider the border wall. This is incredibly popular amongst his base. The same base that voted Paul Ryan and his ilk into the house. And did they continue this agenda? No. They actively prevented it. Trump was -- his entire time in office -- a lone ranger. I don't see how this is even controversial.
Contrast this with Bush, who did have periods of GOP dominance, in which he got everything he wanted pushed through (his wars...). Or look at Obama with Obamacare and the dem house.