Or perhaps not, for as you point out, many, they're mostly the GOPe(stablishment) types, hate him. Hard to negotiate with such people, will no doubt be harder

Or perhaps not, for as you point out, many, they're mostly the GOPe(stablishment) types, hate him. Hard to negotiate with such people, will no doubt be harder after all the lame duck session stunts they'll pull. I suspect he's considering a 2 year campaign against a "Do Nothing Congress" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress) as a threat to get them in line, and/or to get rid of a bunch of them in 2018 so he can accomplish a bunch of his promises that require the cooperation of the Congress.