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'Wow': Trump stuns with public backtrack on Todd Blanche
Trump’s Retreat Was Not a Mystery. It Was Leverage Meeting Consequence.Trump briefly floated withdrawing Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination after Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis resisted advancing it over concerns about a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and an audit immunity agreement tied to a tax settlement. That is the surface event. The real story is simpler: the president is trying to turn institutional power into personal protection, and Senate Republicans are exposing the price tag.Power Is the PointThe article’s drama depends on pretending this is a…
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