GOP 'running out of patience' with Trump's latest behavior: analysis

The Republican Party is running out of patience with Donald Trump because of his frequent cabinet firings, a political analyst has claimed.

Trump has cleaned house in recent weeks, firing Kristi Noem from her position as head of the Department of Homeland Security, and then removing Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post. The GOP, just months out from an election cycle that could see the party lose both the House and Senate, appears fed up with the constant changes to Trump's team.

Chris Stirewalt, writing in The Hill, believes Trump is aware of how fed up the party is with his firings, and that it may delay his push to confirm Todd Blanche as the new Attorney General formally.

"The new acting attorney general, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, can legally hold the post without Senate confirmation until the end of October," he wrote. "Whether the president opts to ride that one out for as long as he can or decides to kick off what could be a bruising confirmation fight with a Republican Senate majority that seems to be running out of patience with the president this election year.

"Whether it is Blanche or someone else, they will end up in the same place as Bondi as long as Trump demands results, control and absolute personal loyalty all at once."

Trump may be banking on Blanche as a success for the remainder of his term, as Stirewalt outlines exactly what the president wants from the person holding the Attorney General post.

He wrote, "What Bondi tried to offer Trump was what he lacked in the first administration: a blunt instrument with which to go after his enemies.

"Her February House Oversight and Government Reform Committee testimony, which was supposed to be about unanswered questions concerning the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, devolved into a circus because she was very obviously trying to prove to Trump that she could be the hammer he wants.

"Ultimately, no attorney general can be what the president wants them to be. Judges, grand juries, career DOJ employees and others stand in the way of the kind of enforcement Trump is looking for."