Both houses and a supreme court supermajority: how Trump's power compares historically

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump's second term will be marked by a rare level of influence in Congress and the highest courtDonald Trump will come in to power with a "trifecta" of governmental control after his Republican party won the House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency in the 2024 US election.
56% : Her retirement would let Trump further boost the super majority to seven out of nine.
50% : It remains to be seen whether Trump will buck this trend, but his ambitious and controversial agenda, and an already tenuous majority in the House, will be factors when the elections come.
49% : But Trump has an unusual edge over his predecessors: six of the nine members of the US supreme court are appointees of Republican presidents.
42% : Trump achieved a trifecta in his first term, as did Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
28% : In the supreme court, if any of the current justices retire in the next few years, Trump will get to appoint their replacement.

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