Trump's 'terrible strategic thinking' lets GOP easily blow off his demands: analysis

Republicans in Congress have been quietly ignoring former President Donald Trump's "ridiculous" demands based on "terrible" strategic thinking, a new political analysis contends.

MSNBC columnist Steve Benen argued Thursday that the U.S. avoided a government shutdown — for which Trump repeatedly and strongly lobbied — because Republicans were once again unimpressed with the strange reasoning behind the demand.

"There’s a myth in some circles that the former president can simply bark...