Yes, yes. Trump has a sad.
Dawdling Congress tests Trump's patience
Again, let's make it clear: Trump doesn't give a damn what Congress passes. He's just "impatient" because their inability to pass whatever-it-is is making him look bad. He came into office declaring he'd be the best president ever because all previous elected officials were stupid and he is smart; after three months he's grousing that the job is "harder" than he'd thought it be and HOLY CRAP, DID YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT ISN'T THE GOD-KING OF LAW-WRITING? What a crazy town!
Trump, not a man known for his patience, is starting to flash frustration at the all-GOP Congress’ sluggish pace. He told Fox News last week that he’s “disappointed” that the legislative process “doesn’t go quicker”; on Sunday, the president said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that congressional procedures, particularly those in the Senate, are “unfair.” On Tuesday he called to gut the legislative filibuster or develop a 60-vote majority to steamroll Democrats and suggested the country could use a government shutdown this fall.
Of course his answer is that Congress should just rewrite their own procedures until he starts getting his way—or shut down the government if he does not.
"Do everything my way" is his first, last, and only negotiating point. He wanted to repeal Obamacare because he said he'd do it. Now it turns out it's hard because, glory be, it's actually a pretty good law that does things even the Republican base doesn't want to get rid of, so he's in a huff that people who are Not Him are considering the consequences, fighting an impossible fight to both repeal and not-repeal at the same time, rather than just blowing it all up and holding a We Love Trump parade in the streets.
Once again, reporters are inventing a rationality on Trump’s part that isn't there. Yes, he's frustrated. But he's not frustrated because the Republican agenda is stalled, or because his own "agenda" is stalled. He's frustrated because he thought he'd march into Washington as golden-haired emperor and instantly solve the nation's troubles through sheer force of saying so. That didn't happen and it's clear it's not going to happen, so now he's pouting and looking for excuses as to why his natural genius has been foiled. As always, it's because somebody else has thwarted him.
This isn't good news, by the way. A narcissist faced with real-world evidence that they're not as great as they thought they were isn't a pretty thing to behold. That's why he's upping the stakes, now grousing that maybe he should shut down the government in September just to teach everybody a good hard lesson. He probably won't do it—after all, he could do it right now by just vetoing what Congress sends him, and he's made no peeps about doing so—but for the moment, it's a handy way to puff up his chest and pretend his victory over Washington and all it contains is merely delayed, not defeated. The ruse will work on idiots—and on himself.