other advisers who were away from the white house tried to call trump, but he didn t answer. they figured he knew what they were going to say and i didn t want to hear it. plus he was busy watching tv. he was watching the fire that he started burn. that s who kevin mccarthy made a pilgrimage to again today. he can t quit him because he s scared of him, scared that the former president might turn on him and that he could lose his power in congress. it is the most craven type of politics imaginable, but perhaps not surprising. compromise everything, even yourself, just to hold on to power. and it says a lot about where the republican party is today. after kissing the former president s ring, congressman mccarthy reportedly headed to the white house for dinner with president biden and angela merkel. will they perhaps talk about the details from the book in which the former president is said to have called merkel, quote, that bitch merkel and said, quote, i know the effing crowds or using