Yeah, this. Trump would need Senate GOP *and* either enough Dems to break filibuster of adjourn res or enough GOP to nuke rules. But if he had votes to nuke rules, why not just confirm nominations, which can be done bare majority?

This is Trump too weak to persuade Senate GOP. https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1250556486297812992

As always, the congressional has turned a blind eye to Trump corruption, but they have rolled him time and time again on policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/opinion/how-republicans-erased-trumpism.html

A slightly different twist on same idea: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/trump-agenda-neutered-by-republican-congress/

And one of my many old threads on Trump and POTUS power. https://twitter.com/mattglassman312/status/1088890554119786497