Sometimes I just can't get over how the Republican party is using its control of all levers of government to push through its least popular policy proposals. It's not like Trump didn't have a mandate to do stuff that would have been popular. He could have pushed the infrastructure bill or Ivanka's parental leave proposals instead. (Okay, the parental leave bill was always bullshit. Even when it was proposed, I don't think anyone took it seriously. But it was popular)
The paradox in the middle of the Trump presidency is how a president who is obsessed with his personal popularity is only insisting on fulfilling the most unpopular items on his agenda.
