as well as he has ignored the rudiments of government, the workings of government. so this is going to be a really tough sled for donald trump. michelle goldberg, as a kid growing up in boston i grew up through two speakers of the house. and most politicians in boston when they needed something they always went to john mccormic or went to tip o neal, that s where the power is. we could do an hour on how powerful that position is. and when i thought donald trump was not going to be president, i would occasionally say when he attacks paul ryan like this, if he ever became president he would discover how much power the speaker has over him, and i was so wrong about that because of the collapse of so many things including apparently the collapse of male ego, which might be a good thing in washington. but paul ryan as speaker used none of his power in relation to this president.
and most politicians in boston when they needed something they always went to john mccormic or went to tip o neal, that s where the power is. we could do an hour on how powerful that position is. and when i thought donald trump was not going to be president, i would occasionally say when he attacks paul ryan like this, if he ever became president he would discover how much power the speaker has over him, and i was so wrong about that because of the collapse of so many things including apparently the collapse of male ego, which might be a good thing in washington. but paul ryan as speaker used none of his power in relation to this president. so this president two years in has no idea what the powers of the speakership are. and think how frustrated donald trump has been just by the constraints he already faces. that he has to at least pretend to abide by the laws of the