Peter Hamby: “Unlike in 2017, when a shell-shocked Washington establishment was contemplating the horror of an eight-year Trump run, D.C. pros this time around are mostly just eyeing the next two years. Trump is a known commodity. The midterm season arrives in 18 months or so, and Democrats could easily flip the House. After that, media attention inevitably drifts to the next presidential election and the long primary process.”
“Sure, by that time, the 81-year-old Trump will still have the nuclear codes and the power of the executive order. But as George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trump 1.0, and Joe Biden learned, presidents usually just walk through mud in their final two years before leaving office.”
