Trump thought that being President, and by extension the head of the party, meant that he could run the party like one of his companies. He didn’t realize that politicians wouldn’t just do whatever he told them to. Particularly high-ranking State officials, who won their elections without Trump on the ballot and owe him nothing.
Trump thought that being President, and by extension the head of the party, meant that he could run the party like one of his companies. He didn’t realize that politicians wouldn’t just do whatever he told them to. Particularly high-ranking State officials, who won their elections without Trump on the ballot and owe him nothing.
To be fair, at that point I was also surprised that Republican officials opposed him.