The donors are back in charge of the GOP, for now. But Trump could still turn back the clock with some old-fashioned firings.
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President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the White House briefing room about the administration’s accomplishments on the anniversary of his first year of his second term in office, January 20, 2026.
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Midnight has struck. The ICE vans are rapidly turning into pumpkins. The “mantle of anger” that President Trump offered to wear has turned into a Chamber of Commerce T-shirt.
“We’re going to build a wall.” “They’re not sending their best.” “Mass deportations.” That’s all gone now. It was given away as war spoils to the true winners of the Battle of Minneapolis. Not the Subaru moms, or the burnouts playing One Battle After Another in the snow, but the Republican donor class.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.
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Midnight has struck. The ICE vans are rapidly turning into pumpkins. The “mantle of anger” that President Trump offered to wear has turned into a Chamber of Commerce T-shirt.
“We’re going to build a wall.” “They’re not sending their best.” “Mass deportations.” That’s all gone now. It was given away as war spoils to the true winners of the Battle of Minneapolis. Not the Subaru moms, or the burnouts playing One Battle After Another in the snow, but the Republican donor class.
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About the Author
Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.
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