Well constitutionally he does have the power as Commander-in-Chief to keep the troops there. But if only a dozen or so Republican senators... actually support a troop surge and Democrats almost uniformly against it... that means his support in the congress will lead to all sorts of ways to clip his wings.
Gergen outlines the political consequences for President Bush regarding troop surge support in Congress.
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I do think, John, increasingly, it becomes apparent that before people go to the polls on November 3rd, both Biden and Trump must come forward with their health records.
Trust in our institutions has plunged over the last 20, 30 years. It started before Donald Trump got to office, but he has accelerated the downward spiral.
They're going to come out of this now with some nuggets that they can use, some things that'll be familiar to them.
I have a sense, Anderson, this is going South in terms of getting witnesses and documents.
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