Trump’s Political Future In Peril

Reuters: “The Republican president has dangled the possibility of running for president in 2024, and political operatives had expected him to exert influence over the Republican Party for years to come.”

“But his behavior on Wednesday – goading supporters to march on the Capitol to encourage lawmakers to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the Nov. 3 election, and then failing quickly to call on them to stand down after violence ensued – has sickened people who work and used to work for him and, they said, changed the equation for his post-presidential relevance.”

Said one former White House official: “It was a dereliction of duty as commander-in-chief and I think he will be mortally wounded from a political career going forward. He has blood on his hands from yesterday.”