Even Republicans want a check on Trump

Donald Trump has spent his nearly three weeks as president-elect testing the boundaries of his mandate — to the extent it exists — with the American people and with the Republican Party.

He has challenged GOP senators with unorthodox and controversial Cabinet picks and even argued that he should be able to appoint them without Senate approval. And some in Trump’s party have essentially agreed that the party should do whatever Trump wants, because he won the 2024 election.