logo
welcome
USA Today

USA Today

Trump and Republicans think the election gave them a mandate. They're wrong. | Opinion

USA Today
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

DePaul Potas: Pretending Trump has a sweeping mandate is a mistake and a trap Republicans should avoid.

Potas says the GOP is already attempting to restrain Trump from acting too foolishly following his victory.

He says the No. 1 thing that Trump needs to do is build a strong economy, which is the sole reason he has been trusted with the keys to power for a second term.

DePaul: Going too far down the MAGA road is unlikely to produce success beyond this election.

VR Score

73

Informative language

70

Neutral language

33

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

19

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/04/10/usa-today-opinion-columnists-editors/73279632007https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/presidenthttps://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139040227/abortion-midterm-elections-2022-republicans-democrats-roe-dobbshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-politics-doge-federal-budget/77269659007/https://www.axios.com/2024/11/10/trump-sweeps-seven-swing-stateshttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/seats-congress-gained-or-lost-the-presidents-party-presidential-election-years#:~:text=2008,%2B8https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-nominees-confirmation-senate-tensions-00197090http://usatoday.com/opinion/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/13/trump-presidency-mandate-maga-republicans/77563407007/https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=microsoftnews&utm_campaign=dailybriefing&utm_content=inlinearticlehttps://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/presidenthttps://abcnews.go.com/538/democrats-incumbent-parties-lost-elections-world/story?id=115972068https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/04/house-speaker-johnson-republicans-congress-majority/77438265007/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5070332-trump-gop-agenda-strategy-reconciliation/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics/trump-mandate-washington-challenges/index.htmlhttps://static.usatoday.com/mobile-apps/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5049317-donald-trump-chip-roy-primary-challenge-shutdown-talks/https://twitter.com/usatodayopinionhttps://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/opinion/

Affiliate links

no affiliate links