Trump finds out the laborious means he received't be a dictator as Matt Gaetz's nomination implodes

Senate Republicans won the first round of their battle for power with Trump as Matt Gaetz, the president-elect's nominee for attorney general, withdrew from the debate.

Gaetz wrote on withdraw from the examination for the office of Attorney General. “The Trump Justice Department needs to be on the ground and ready on day one.”

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The crew is trying to sell the withdrawal softly since four Republican senators oppose Gaetz. The reality is that more than half of Republican senators opposed Gaetz, and not even threats from Trump were enough to move them.

Trump was taught a harsh lesson about the limits of his power. Donald Trump will not be able to assemble his own cabinet or become a dictator because the Senate, both Republican and Democrat, is unwilling to give up its power. If Trump wants to get anything done, he will need the Senate, and the Senate will still need 60 votes to pass legislation.

Gaetz's nomination was Trump's test of whether he could persuade the Senate to hand over power to him. The Senate did not agree to it. Trump has two other nominees for defense secretary and HHS secretary who will face difficult confirmation fights.

RFK Jr. could be the next Trump nominee to go down, but the implosion of the Gaetz nomination shows that Trump won't step in and be a dictator, and some constitutional principles still stand.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also White House press secretary and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor's degree in political science. The focus of his thesis was public policy with an emphasis on social reform movements.

Awards and professional memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Political Science Association

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