Trump completed his revenge tour. Allies wonder what it cost.

President Donald Trump has finally delivered on his promise a decade ago: He has made Republicans “so sick and tired of winning.” The winning — a series of retributive primary challenges this month that settled scores up to five years old — has led to a fresh round of chest-thumping from MAGA allies boasting about their victories in Indiana, Louisiana and Kentucky. Trump ended his vendetta spring Tuesday by dropping a two-stage MAGA bomb, backing Attorney General Ken Paxton for Senate in Texas o

But the revenge tour is increasingly imperiling Trump’s midterm agenda on the Hill. That’s because for every apostate ousted by Trump this month, there’s a sign of not only his waning political capital on the Hill, but that his backward-focused endeavors have damaged his own legislative ambitions, leaving him a victim of his own primary success. “Those so-called victories over the last couple weeks are just a mirage. They are self-owns,” said one senior Senate Republican operative, granted anonymity to speak candidly about frustration with the White House. “We're not actually beating Democrats, and we're not actually advancing legislation. Instead, gas is up 45% due to our actions and the President's decision to go to war with Iran. He's announced a $1.8 billion restitution fund with zero details or congressional authority to do so. It just is crazy.” In just one day, a conquered — and, consequently, unbridled — Sen. Bill Cassidy joined Democrats to become the 50th yes vote on a war powers resolution, opposed Trump’s ballroom funding in reconciliation and called Trump’s freshly picked Paxton a “felon.” And that was just day three of Cassidy unchained. Trump’s ballroom funding is stalled, the SAVE America Act is mired in the Senate and Majority Leader John Thune is pushing back on his desire to fire the parliamentarian. That’s not to mention the pushback even from the likes of the friendlier senator from Louisiana, John Kennedy, who expressed doubt about the Justice Department’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. “There are still many, many months to go before the election, and this president is going to have to continue to deal and work with, and partner with, or battle with this group of lawmakers,” Sen.

Key points

• But the revenge tour is increasingly imperiling Trump’s midterm agenda on the Hill.
• That’s because for every apostate ousted by Trump this month, there’s a sign of not only his waning political capital on the Hill, but that his backward-focused endeavors have damaged his own legis…
• “Those so-called victories over the last couple weeks are just a mirage.
• They are self-owns,” said one senior Senate Republican operative, granted anonymity to speak candidly about frustration with the White House.
• “We're not actually beating Democrats, and we're not actually advancing legislation.