Journalists and members of the media continue to cover the Trump nominees in the traditional way: are they so unqualified that the Senate will reject them? This is missing the bigger point and they are failing to connect the dots. Trump started his bullying tactics even before he made the first announcement with the demand for recess appointments & inferring he would adjourn Congress himself in order to make them (yes, a President can do that). He is counting on enough Republicans bending to his will and thus being able to claim that they did their constitutional duty, when in fact it will be a complete and total abdication.