President Trump is not the political colossus he and his supporters claim — and everything from the stock market to his opinion poll ratings prove it.

The problem for Democrats is that their own divisions — on everything from legislation to a broader uncertainty about the party’s direction — have rendered them unable to take advantage.

The upshot is that even as Trump shows early signs of vulnerability, he is being spared the challenge of a unified, focused opposition.

The starkest example yet came on Friday, when internal Democratic discord over a proposed government spending bill burst into the open.

House Democrats, who had voted all-but-unanimously against the GOP bill, were on one side, backed up by progressive activists. Senate moderates, most notably Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), were on the other.

Schumer announced on Thursday evening that he would back the bill in the Senate, arguing that the alternative — a government shutdown — would be worse both politically for his party, and substantively for the American people.

His decision appalled the left, who see backing the bill as tantamount to offering a free hand to Trump and his deeply controversial ally Elon Musk. Musk has spearheaded a culling of federal agencies through his quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

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