Greg Sargent: “Admitting failure is anathema to the authoritarian leader, who is perpetually in danger of being diminished by those who are resentful of his glory—which is why White House adviser Stephen Miller is frantically searching for scapegoats to blame for the unfolding disaster around President Donald Trump’s massive freeze on federal spending…”
“All of which carries a lesson for Democrats: This is what it looks like when the opposition stirs and uses its power in a unified way to make a lot of what you might call sheer political noise. That can help set the media agenda, throw Trump and his allies on the defensive, and deliver defeats to Trump that deflate his cultish aura of invincibility.”
Said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “This has been a red-alert moment for weeks—but now no one can deny it. For my colleagues that didn’t want to cry wolf, the wolf is literally chomping at our leg right now.”
