It seems safe to say that given his unyielding pursuit of conservative judges and tax breaks for the wealthy, plus his near-pathological delight in ruining anything resembling progress for the left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is one of the — if not the — most consequential Republican lawmakers of the past half-century at least. In fact, the only other Republican who could potentially challenge McConnell's claim is former President Donald Trump, a political neophyte who managed to reshape the GOP's base in his own, lumpen, baked-potato image in just a few short years.
It's understandable, then, that Trump and McConnell — while still ostensible operating on the "same side" — would inevitably be set on a collision course toward one another, particularly given the former's fundamental need for total obsequiousness from everyone he's ever met. That McConnell dared have an agenda that deviates ever so slightly from his own is simply anathema to a megalomaniac like Trump, whose "very good brain" seems best suited for holding grudges and not much else.
