Tim O’Brien: The Republican Party Is ‘Allowing Trump to Fashion an Imperial Presidency Under His Own Whims’

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O'BRIEN: "They’ve been playing that game for decades, and he’s doing it now as president. So, I don’t think we could speculate forever why they believe him.  I think the more interesting issue is what they expect to get out of it. What is the — because Trump has crushed the modern GOP and reshaped it in his own image. And it’s not a classically conservative party. It’s medieval. It’s monarchical. And they’re essentially allowing him to fashion an imperial presidency under his own whims. And I don’t think they’re going to get any of the things they actually thought they were going to get when he finishes shaping that deal."