New York Times: “The dueling images of a president on the edge and a conservative Congress soldiering forward explain succinctly why almost all elected Republicans here have quietly supported Mr. Trump through his travails — or at least not chastised him too loudly. The payoffs for what Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, called the party’s ‘Faustian bargain’ have been rich and long awaited: deep cuts in corporate and personal tax rates, confirmation of a wave of conservative judges for the lower courts, and soon an ideological shift in the highest court of the land.”
“So with additional policy victories in reach and Mr. Trump’s popularity among Republicans still sky high, many in the party have quietly elected to put their heads down and get done what they can, at least until November’s midterm elections.”
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