Trump is “much more resilient” than his opponents allow, said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, before pivoting to a plug for his new book, Understanding Trump. Meanwhile Trump finally caught a break on the worst crisis facing his presidency, the multiple investigations into his election campaign’s links to Russia. “I said last summer to a bunch of liberal friends, ‘Your worst nightmare is not a Trump presidency; it’s a successful Trump presidency.’ The successful Trump presidency scenario is one in which, despite it all, the economy does better thanks to deregulation and tax cuts, foreign policy delivers some big wins on North Korea, the Middle East. This love fest over Republicans winning Republican House seats is worrying. Trump needs to expand his base: he will not be re-elected if he relies on the same coalition.

Source: The Guardian July 03, 2017 09:00 UTC