A very high-ranking Trump White House official once told me the key to the president's behavior.It happens when his advisors talk him into something that he doesn't particularly want to do.The next time he's around reporters, this person says, President Trump will blurt out what he really thinks.He'll either walk it back, soften the language, create confusion or flatly contradict what he said a couple of days before.It's his way of rebelling against being handled.And, of course, he'll lash out at Republicans who disagree with him, post insulting messages, or endorse their primary opponents.To Trump, that's just counterpunching.RELATED: TRUMP SUFFERS RARE HOUSE DEFEAT AS BIPARTISAN VOTE MOVES TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM IRAN CONFLICTPresident Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
(Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)After the House narrowly voted Wednesday to invoke the War Powers Act, to force an end to the Iran conflict, four Republicans — Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Barrett — broke with their party.Trump's Truth Social response:"Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Democrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote."Who would do such an unpatriotic thing? They know where the negotiations stand.
The Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome.They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories.
The four Republicans, that's a whole other story – They're GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves."And I'm sure there will be more to come.Even if the 215-208 vote is followed by Senate approval, Trump can simply veto it.And there is a legal dispute about whether Congress can actually undermine the commander-in-chief, given that presidents of both parties have waged undeclared...