Ukraine won. Trump lost. The House vote to aid Ukraine renews hope that Ukraine can still win its war. He also showed how and why Donald Trump should lose the election in 2024, writes The Atlantic.
For nine years, Trump dominated the Republican Party. Senators may have loathed him, governors may have despised him, donors may have mocked him, college educated Republican voters may have turned against him – but LOL, none of it mattered. Enough of the Republican base supported him. Everyone else either fell in line or retired from politics or left the party.
The publication notes that Donald Trump unequivocally dominated the Republican Party for 9 years, even though his views and rhetoric often contradicted the foundations of the party’s political platform. This included Trump’s love of Russia and Putin, which was incomprehensible to other Republicans.
In the end, Trump managed to introduce a principle into the party: if you want to have his loyalty, become an enemy of Ukraine. This explains why Republicans traditionally loyal to Ukraine have long blocked new aid to Kiev – to please Trump.
It’s not just Trump’s stance on Ukraine that irritates many Republicans, however. Earlier this year, Trump scuttled a bipartisan deal to strengthen the border with Mexico. A deal that appealed to many Republicans.
“Three months later, Trump’s party in Congress turned against him — not because of a personal vendetta against some Trump-loyal gossipmongers, but because of one of the most hard-line
