Enter Mike Johnson, who’s been having one “busy” day after another – days that seem to involve a lot of scheduling…and not much accomplishing. On paper, the agenda looks ambitious: surveillance powers, a farm bill, immigration funding. In reality? Leadership can’t even lock down the votes to move the process forward.

Despite weeks of internal wrangling, Republicans are still tripping over their own shoelaces. Some are now whispering that Donald Trump needs to step in and break the stalemate – because governing with a majority is just too tall an order.

Sound familiar? It should. This is déjà vu from Trump’s first presidency, when big promises often ran headfirst into congressional hesitation. And don’t even get me started on the Republican senators who can’t seem to move the SAVE Act forward – despite broad, well-documented public support.

Sure, Republicans passed the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” but that’s about all they have done. Trump’s priorities? Sitting on the bench gathering dust. Looks like the president is going to have to continue to rule through executive order and wade through court fights since the Republicans can’t do their job.

If Republicans blow the midterms, expect the usual blame parade to kick into gear. But this one won’t be hard to trace. When a party controls the House and Senate and still can’t deliver, voters notice. Yes, there will be factions peeling off and not voting for Republicans: the anti-war critics, anti-Israel voices, and Epstein conspiracy diehards. But that’s not the main story. The real problem is far simpler: Republicans have the majority and aren’t using it. When you hold all the cards and still fold every hand, the loss isn’t on the dealer – it’s on the players in Congress.