Two years ago Donald Trump shocked the world, not to mention the establishment contingents of the Democrat and Republican Parties, when he was elected President.  At the risk of sounding like Captain Queeg, from The Caine Mutiny, they fought him at every turn.  They illegally surveilled him before the election.  The tried to frame him for collusion with Russians.  They appointed a special counsel to hound him, his family and employees, in hopes that they could rid themselves of this meddlesome populist.  Every action they have taken, aided by their media lapdogs, has been calculated to destroy Donald Trump.  Up to now, their series of failures to get rid of Trump has reminded me of something my late grandmother used to say about my late grandfather, “Every time he says he’s dying, he puts down another root.”  Every time the establishment has declared, “we’ve got Trump now,” he has emerged stronger than before.  If you thought the last two years has been fun and games in Washington, you ain’t seen nothing yet.  This week, Republicans added several new Senators to their majority, but they lost control of the House of Representatives.  The Dems will now run the House, which is supposed to do things like raise revenue, and deal with taxes, and all that other good stuff in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.  Think their new control of the House will inspire them to pass legislation to help Americans?  Not likely.  According to ABC News, Democrats gained power having campaigned on the promise of providing a stronger check on the Trump administration.  That pledge could initiate bruising legal battles over congressional subpoenas, a stack of demands for documents and testimony from federal agencies — including Trump’s tax returns — and withering investigations into facets of Trump’s personal life, his family business, and his government.  Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have been frustrated by Republicans’ decision to focus their investigation into Russian election interference on the conduct of the FBI, rather than any possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.  In other words, they’ve focused on what really happened, rather than on anti-Trump fantasies.  Now Democrats say they intend to seek testimony from more than 30 witnesses, including Trump family members and confidants, to address lingering questions they have about the Trump campaign’s activities.  In other words, how could he win if we decided he had no chance to win.  Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Maryland Democrat who is poised to take control of the powerful House Oversight Committee was more blunt, “I want to look at all the things the president has done that go against the mandates of our Founding Fathers in the Constitution,” said “We need accountability, transparency, integrity, and honesty from this Administration.” (At least he has an open mind).  NPR says “for months, Democrats in the House have been sending strongly worded letters to the Trump administration demanding documents and other information.  But if they win, rather than toothless letters, their requests would have the bite of subpoena power.  Former White House Counsel Neil Eggleston said, “When the subpoenas started coming, they start coming pretty fast and furious.  Congress puts a lot of pressure on to respond quickly and is quite vocal in the press about failure to respond quickly, and so there’s a lot of pressure on the White House counsel’s office.  (Maybe the President should let the Justice Department answer the subpoenas.  They’ve managed to stall the Administration for 2 years, denying Congressional Republicans subpoenaed materials).  Then there’s crazy old Maxine Waters.  Maxine has vowed to move from resistance to retaliation.  “First of all, if we take back the House, most of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be chairs of the committees of the Congress of the United States of America.  I will be the first African-American, the first woman to chair the powerful Financial Services Committee.  That’s all of Wall Street.  That’s all the insurance companies, that’s all the banks.  And so, of course, the CEOs of the banks now are saying, ‘What can we do to stop Maxine Waters? Because if she gets in, she’s going to give us a bad time.’  I have not forgotten you foreclosed on our houses.  I have not forgotten that you undermined our communities.  I have not forgotten that you sold us those exotic products, had us sign on the dotted line for junk, and for mess that we could not afford.  And in doing that, I have people who are homeless who have never gotten back into a home.  What am I going to do to you?  What I am going to do to you is fair.  I’m going to do to you what you did to us.”  Economic growth, we don’t need no stinkin’ economic growth.  So the Empire has struck back, and I don’t mean just Democrats.  Establishment Republicans took their balls and went home.  44 retirements of veteran Republican incumbents.  Some didn’t want to return having been term limited on their Committee Chairmanships.  A few were old enough that it was just time.  Many of the them were from the Never Trump wing of the lemming Republican Party.  At their core, these are people who simply can’t handle prosperity.  They bitched and moaned for years that they needed control to get their policies enacted.  We gave them control, but they rebelled at the fact that the chief executive, from their own Party, is not the mealy-mouthed, colorless appeaser that they prefer.  The accomplishments of the Trump Administration are meaningless to these people.  He’s not one of them.  Good riddance to RINO rubbish.  The President would work with the Dems if they’d play ball.  They won’t, and when they embarrass themselves and gridlock the government, Trump will put down another root.  Buckle up.