Jon Karl: While Trump’s Hold on the Republican Party Is Not in Doubt, We Saw that His Power to Get Congress to Do What He Wants Has Its Limits

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KARL: “If you were watching Congress this week, you might have thought for a moment that Donald Trump is already president. Along with his most high-profile and wealthiest adviser, Trump upended a bipartisan spending deal that had been months in the making. But the power of a president-elect, just like the power of a president, only goes so far. And while Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is not in doubt, we saw that his power to get Congress to do what he wants has its limits. As Congress veered towards a shutdown, Trump made only one nonnegotiable demand. He said that the bill to keep the government open must also increase or abolish the so-called debt ceiling.”