When Donald Trump won all seven swing states as well as majorities in both the House and Senate earlier this month, he looked unstoppable.
Like a king in a medieval court, the president-elect likes to rule with advisers circling his gilded throne in Mar-a-Lago.
And on November 5, King Trump rode into battle and came out victorious.
President-elect Donald Trump has looked unstoppable. Credit: AP
On Thursday, however, the reality of governing in America’s imperfect democracy set in.
Matt Gaetz, his pick for attorney-general, was forced to give up his nomination after it became clear he did not have the support of the Senate.
Four senators reportedly opposed his appointment, kiboshing the Republicans’ slim majority in the reconstituted upper chamber.
The debacle unfolded amid allegations Gaetz slept with a 17-year-old high school girl at sex and drug parties.
Gaetz denies the claims, but the threat of an impropriety row in the first days of Trump’s second term was too much for some senators to handle.
After talking tough on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Gaetz has released a statement regretting that the controversy around him was becoming a........