one possibility is that the presidency just gets sort of shrunk down to its historical size, and republicans pass a corporate tax plan of their own and present it to him to sign as a fait accompli. now, the question there is how will his ego react to having that happen? and that s something i fear we know the answer to all too well. peter, this is an interesting point because we ve had sort of 16 years really of presidency before donald trump of presidents who have tried to gain more executive power and make the presidency bigger. now it may be that the presidency, as john says, gets smaller. but here s what grover norquist, who i think prior to steve bannon was the most powerful unelected man in washington. here s what he said in 2011 about what republicans need. listen. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming
size, and republicans pass a corporate tax plan of their own and present it to him to sign as a fait accompli. now, the question there is how will his ego react to having that happen? and that s something i fear we know the answer to all too well. peter, this is an interesting point because we ve had sort of 16 years really of presidency before donald trump of presidents who have tried to gain more executive power and make the presidency bigger. now it may be that the presidency, as john says, gets smaller. but here s what grover norquist, who i think prior to steve bannon was the most powerful unelected man in washington. here s what he said in 2011 about what republicans need. listen. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and the senate. so focus on electing the most conservative republican who can win, and then pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the united sta
that you need to do to get things done. so the question of what happens is a good one. one possibility is that the presidency just gets sort of shrunk down to its historical size, and republicans pass a corporate tax plan of their own and present it to him to sign as a fait accompli. now, the question there is how will his ego react to having that happen? and that s something i fear we know the answer to all too well. peter, this is an interesting point because we ve had sort of 16 years really of presidency before donald trump of presidents who have tried to gain more executive power and make the presidency bigger. now it may be that the presidency, as john says, gets smaller. but here s what grover norquist, who i think prior to steve bannon was the most powerful unelected man in washington. here s what he said in 2011 about what republicans need. listen. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and the senate.