When the Party of Trump Tells You Who They Are: Believe Them

This past weekend, my German friend asked me about how powerful Trump is. He told me that the European press considers him a has been, non-entity. I informed him that they were completely mistaken. Donald Trump is the second most powerful man in America. The entire GOP, essentially one half of our political hemisphere, marches to his orders. Loyalty to Trump is now the only litmus test that matters in the GOP. Anyone that has dared stand up to him and his zealots has backed down (Kevin McCarthy, Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley) and cowered for…