I think you're correct. Repeal and replace is stalled. It may or may not come back to life in the senate. His tax cuts is probably dead for the time being. Whether Trump is guilty of something or not, you have to admire how the Democrats have played this political game. They pretty much stymied everything Trump wanted to do and made him look idiotic with his stupid responses that plays right into the Democratic scheme. The Democrats has also been able to turn independents, the non-affiliated against him and drive Trump's job approval down below 40%.
Trump also has a problem within his own party as quite a few Republicans look at him as an interloper, an opportunist and not a real Republican. Not as one of them. They're not about to vote for impeachment, they know come next year they will need Trump supporters to retain their seats. But they aren't going to throw themselves under the bus to defend him either. This is also of Trump's own doings. He choose to make feuds with lifelong loyal Republicans and war on the GOP establishment. He has few loyal friends, that is outside of his core supporters who have the view Trump can do no wrong.
Trump was elected as a radical outsider, somebody who was neither partisan nor ideologue, and who had a track record of solving big problems and getting things done. Somebody who didn't just throw up his hands and walk away when Plan A failed but who regrouped and came back with a Plan B.
He was our best shot at breaking the steel grip of the permanent political class in Washington--both Democrats and GOP--who don't WANT to interfere with the status quo because it is how they increase their power, prestige, influence, and personal wealth while throwing the people just enough meager bones to keep themselves in power.
It was our best shot at getting political appointees who would work as public servants and/or actually do their jobs.
It was our best shot at saving the Supreme Court from those who would use it to accomplish radical activism.
It was our best shot at cleaning up the massive bureaucracy in Washington that consumes ever more of our resources while imposing more and more of itself on our daily lives.
It was our best shot at getting the nation back on track with a strong economy, liberty with our language, culture, and borders defended and strengthened.
We didn't count on the depths of pettiness and hatred from the left, however, or how strongly even the GOP in Washington would resist having their gravy train messed with in any way. So Trump has not been allowed a single day of any kind of honeymoon period and is not cut any slack in anything. He is smarter, tougher, and stronger than the average bear when it comes to problem solving, but I am more and more afraid that he will not be allowed to show us what can be done ever.
And it will be back to the status quo and the continued slow decline of America. And those making it so will have theirs and be long gone before the house of cards they have built collapses under its own weight and whoever is unlucky enough to be in power at that time will get all the blame.
