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Doomed to fail: DC insider explains why Trump’s pick has a short shelf life
Trump Is Not Churning Loyalists. He Is Testing the Limits of CapturePower, Not PersonalityThe source story treats Todd Blanche’s nomination like another round of Trump’s familiar personnel drama: a loyalist, a holdout, some Republican hand-wringing, and the usual guessing game about who gets discarded next. That framing is too small. The real fact is simpler and uglier: Trump is using the attorney general slot to tighten personal control over the Justice Department, and the Senate Judiciary Committee is helping move that project along.Blanche is not being considered because he represents some…
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