The US is basically under 1 party rule at the moment. The minority party has virtually no power to initiate action or legislation, and very little power to blo

The US is basically under 1 party rule at the moment. The minority party has virtually no power to initiate action or legislation, and very little power to block actions by the majority party. The right wing base of the Republican party just picked Trump over all the standard establishment candidates they put forward, so the establishment leaders in Washington are not going to want to risk alienating their voters in order to take down Trump.