Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Base?

As we know, the only political skill that Trump has is to throw red meat to his base. For the first two years of his administration, that had some effect; the GOP controlled both houses of Congress, and the real short-term threat to a large number of incumbents was a primary challenger, not the Democrats, so appeals to the base were a useful way of keeping wayward Republicans in line.

Today, not so much. Trump can huff and blow and appeal to the base all he wants; Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have to care, and she won’t.

When will Trump figure out that his one trick doesn’t work anymore? He’s slow, so it won’t happen overnight.