Trump learned nothing from the massive Republican House losses in the midterms

This will hurt Trump and the Republicans going forward (which is fine with me). Trump just lives in his Fox News bubble and ignores the facts.

“He’s playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It’s pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur.”https://t.co/kBMSraYTqD
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 29, 2018

from the article linked to above:

“Republican critics, such as veteran strategist Mike Murphy, say Trump is threatening the GOP by “learning nothing from November and playing to the third of the country that he already has.””

Repeating this point, but the tendency of presidents to recover after bad midterms doesn't necessarily happen automatically—it may happen because it prompts them to pivot. Not clear if there's any recovery if there's no pivot, and Trump isn't pivoting. https://t.co/u6qD9Vvrcr pic.twitter.com/nsjrrdS7FO
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 29, 2018

A great illustration of how Republican hands are tied: they lose 40 seats in the House because voters reject Trumpism, but take no steps to move from him bc their remaining members (and leaders) are in mostly Trumpy districts

The president won Wyo by 40https://t.co/t3f46diWoz
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) February 10, 2019

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