Power abhors a vacuum. Since the McConnell Project has made it virtually impossible for Congress to pass meaningful legislation–it can barely keep the lights on–real authority has passed to the judiciary and the states. Most of the publicity, of course, has focused on red state efforts to limit “freedom” to reactionary white male Christians, but some blue states have retaliated with mirror image legislation. The country was already splintering; Mitch has made things worse, although that was probably never part of the plan.
A big part of the Trump agenda will be to bring the liberal parts of the judiciary and the blue states under heel, since they will be the most active participants in the resistance. To what extent will he succeed? To what extent will the McConnell Constitution survive him? We will only find out if he wins.