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Behind the Curtain: The cost of blind loyalty
President Trump trained elected Republicans to obey him, even when they disagreed. Elected Republicans trained Trump to expect obedience, even as his demands grew impossible to satisfy. Why it matters : Years of Republicans submitting to Trump, often against their own judgment, have curdled into a rolling crisis as Washington nears the likely end of the GOP's two-year monopoly. The big picture: Trump has spent his second term steamrolling his own party, confident the lawmakers he humiliates wil…
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