So far, 2025 has been the year when Donald Trump has gotten whatever he wanted. Like a small child turned loose in his very own candy store, he has indulged his hunger for power in more ways than we can count, disregarding laws, precedents, and the Constitution itself. And he’s had eager accomplices across the Republican Party, notably those serving in Congress, who have happily ceded their spending authority and oversight of the federal government as they passed legislation customized to his wishes.

So you can imagine the temper tantrum Trump probably pitched when informed that Indiana Republicans didn’t move when he said “jump.”

Trump has recently become enthusiastic about congressional redistricting. Aware that the odds of Democrats breaking his fragile trifecta hold on the federal government in the 2026 midterm elections are pretty high, he has taken to demanding that states where Republicans are firmly in charge redraw their U.S. House district maps (normally undertaken just once a decade after the decennial census) to give the GOP a cushion of extra seats next year. The most dramatic example has been in Texas, where Trump hijacked a special legislative session mostly devoted to flood relief and instructed Governor Greg Abbott and his lawmakers........

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