Trump’s Hold on the GOP Has Never Been Weaker

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Is President Trump a lame duck? Maybe. The president’s sagging approval ratings are emboldening Democrats and even some Republicans to increasingly challenge the president. On the latest edition of Right Now, Moira Donegan, a columnist at The Guardian, lists some of the many reasons why Trump seems diminished politically. She argues that he remains a threat to impose authoritarianism on the United States but faces more constraints than earlier this year.