Trump's power was not primarily expressed through the instruments of office, because he didn't have a policypro aat his power was as a demagogue and a politician. Republicans might have thought and hoped he would go away,. But they don't understand it's a coor thing to him that he's not going to stop talking about it. And i think these republicans have nothing inside themselves to resist. That has worn away.
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