That is, that Donald J. Trump‘s time — with any real power — any clearly operative authority, or vibrant ability to act broadly — and complete any particular “policy” initiative… is already almost over.

Hinderaker knows this to be true — and says so, tonight. But along the way he wants to point to externalities that (he imagines) are causing it, rather than admitting that Trump never had any moral authority to do anything, and completely eradicated any sense of “the high ground”, literally from his first day in office on.

So yes, John, you are right (as to outcome): Trump‘s time is nearly at an end. The Democrats will control the US House — and they probably will win control of the Senate. Excellent — you have only yourselves to blame, for every bit of it.

So far, no one at Powerline as far as I’ve seen, has exhibited the courage to admit that for the first time in over a quarter of a century, after last week, there is a Democrat holding the office of Mayor in Miami. This is not only in Trump‘s kitchen, but it’s also in the MAGA / faux theocrat DeSantis’… that’s a very bad omen for these boys.

Correspondingly, it is a pretty good barometer of how disgusted ordinary Americans are with the way the corrupt MAGA agenda’s “rubber meets the road”.

So the midterm losses for the GOP are likely to be worse even than John imagines.

I for one cannot wait for November of 2026 to show up on my calendar.

Grin!