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Why is the world conspiring to spoil America\u2019s 250th birthday, and, more important, Donald Trump\u2019s 80th? Like a Roman emperor, Trump has busied himself with self-aggrandizing public works, such as a massive triumphal arch, and is staging gladiatorial sports in his own honor, in the form of a UFC fight on the White House lawn on June 14. A string of recent setbacks reveals that Trump is no omnipotent emperor after all, but an American president who\u2014more and more\u2014is forced to fold.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Axios<\/em> and The New York Times<\/em> reported that the administration was dropping its plans for the Department of Justice to create an \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, after other Republicans recoiled at its terms and a federal judge issued a preventing its operation. This fund was set up as a settlement of Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the IRS (an agency he controls) over the leaking of his tax returns. Trump was suing for $10 billion in damages, but withdrew his lawsuit against himself in exchange for the creation of a slush fund of $1.776 billion (get it?) for those who felt victimized by \u201clawfare.\u201d Participants in the January 6 riot, already pardoned by the president, were eagerly awaiting the chance to apply for reparations. (Though the Justice Department had helpfully clarified, \u201cThere are no partisan requirements to file a claim.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s apparent retreat marks the defeat not just of a harebrained scheme but of one of his signature policy innovations: the idea that federal law ought to be applied unequally, to punish his foes and dole out benefits to his friends.<\/p>\n

Many of Trump\u2019s other bold ideas have hit snags too. The unilateral tariffs that he imposed on the rest of the world were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in February; in May, the Court of International Trade also invalidated his stand-in measure of 10 percent tariffs. At the start of this year, Trump caught the foreign-interventionism bug and captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and then, emboldened by that success, launched a war alongside Israel on Iran. This has gone less spectacularly than the Venezuelan operation: Despite the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran has refused to capitulate and has instead proved that, despite being militarily outmatched, it can inflict pain on the rest of the world by closing the Strait of Hormuz. Peace negotiations have dragged on for months, and the president is bored by it all. \u201cI don\u2019t care if they\u2019re over, honestly. I really don\u2019t care. I couldn\u2019t care less,\u201d he told CNBC today.<\/p>\n

Perhaps these setbacks explain why the president has turned toward more immediate concerns\u2014capital beautifications. But he has encountered disappointments there too. Congressional Republicans, who are working through a budget bill, announced that they would not allocate $1 billion to build Trump\u2019s beloved White House ballroom project. On Friday, a judge against the president\u2019s attempts to unilaterally rechristen the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as the \u201cTrump Kennedy Center\u201d and ordered his name and likeness removed from its marble facade. After a string of musical artists bowed out of performing at America\u2019s 250th-anniversary celebration, Trump suggested that he be the headline act instead.<\/p>\n

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On foreign affairs, the president is experiencing the same reality check that many of his predecessors have: The U.S. military listens to the commander in chief, but the rest of the world may not. At home, the mighty executive branch must still operate under the constraints imposed by the other two branches.<\/p>\n

Although the judiciary has been the primary bulwark against the president\u2019s excesses, even a Republican-run Congress can, very occasionally, assert its enormous constitutional powers. Its unwillingness to bless a slush fund for the president\u2019s allies, an ever-so-slight display of resistance, may also reflect a political reality: The Republicans are bracing for a terrible midterm election in November, as a result of Trump\u2019s deep unpopularity and voter anger over the high costs of everyday life. Despite Republican gerrymandering efforts, Trump\u2019s party will probably lose control over at least one chamber of Congress and, with that, its chance at passing major legislation for the next two years.<\/p>\n

Despite Trump\u2019s occasional insinuations that he might run for a third term, there will clearly be a normal succession battle. Perhaps that is why the president is so consumed by his legacy. Though Trump may still act as kingmaker, his power will wane as soon as his successor is picked.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s focus has been on unilateral executive power, not legislation. As a result, he has left little imprint on American policy that cannot be undone by a successor. In Rome, emperors ruled for life; they left their names on buildings and their faces on currency to ensure their immortality. In America, presidents are not meant to be so exalted. Trump is trying his hardest to defy this fundamental fact of governing a republic. But it\u2019s harder and harder to believe he will succeed.<\/p>\n

Read more Atlantic Trivia: Peptides and Pediments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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