Donald Trump's grip on power could be slipping and that makes him much more dangerous, according to a political analyst.
The president has thrown his weight around when it comes to Greenland, Venezuela, and recently suggested the Republican Party should assume control of election cycles in 15 states. This, among other reasons, makes it a troubling development according to Salon writer Chauncey DeVega.
She wrote, "Like other autocrats and aspiring dictators, Trump’s escalating behavior reflects not absolute strength and power but a deep-seated fear that he may instead lose it. This makes the president and the MAGA movement all more dangerous.
" Trump, his MAGA Republicans and their allies control every organ of state power, and they will continue to use it to their own corrupt ends.
"In most serious political fights or other types of battle, the other side usually gets a say in the outcome. Pro-democracy Americans are being reminded of that reality as their hopes for a cowed Trump and an easy victory dissolve."
The power shift could be further fueled by off-year election cycles and the upcoming midterms, which many are predicting will wipe the Republican Party majority in the Senate.
DeVega added, "Democrats continue to defeat Republican incumbents in off-year and special elections. Most recently, in Saturday’s special election in North Texas’s 9th District, Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet defeated Leigh Wambsganss by 14 points. A blue wave in the November midterms appears increasingly likely — assuming elections remain reasonably free and fair."
Trump's looser grip on power had been profiled by Stephen Collinson earlier this week, with the president seemingly worried by dwindling polling numbers.
CNN analyst Collinson believes the recent Texas election result will have Trump fretting despite his complete control over an administration team filled with true believers.
Collinson wrote, "He showed yet again Monday he’s obsessing about the midterm elections — two days after a Democratic upset in a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas offered another ominous sign for the GOP in November."
