Judges and world leaders defy Trump as Congress sits on sidelines

Federal judges and foreign leaders are acting as the emergency brakes to Trump as he pushes to remake the world.

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are in thrall to Donald Trump, while Democrats are baffled about how best to oppose him.

Rather than stock his White House with a “team of rivals,” Trump has opted instead for a den of disciples.

At this point in Trump’s presidency, the most serious and forceful pushback he’s faced has come from two sets of people with little in common: foreign leaders and American judges.

Each has dished out comeuppance that is seldom seen in presidential politics.

Judges have stymied parts of Trump’s agenda they say violate the law, while world leaders have challenged him for taking positions that upend the rules-based order that the U.S. helped build.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judges-world-leaders-defy-trump-congress-rcna194494

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