This is answering the wrong question. "Who is controlling the White House?" is far less important than "where is sovereignty?" Trump demonstrated clearly that the master of the White House is not the sovereign power of the US. On rare occasion it has been, as in the cases of FDR and Lincoln, and it can be again, but the White House has been pushed away from power for a long time.
This is answering the wrong question. "Who is controlling the White House?" is far less important than "where is sovereignty?" Trump demonstrated clearly that the master of the White House is not the sovereign power of the US. On rare occasion it has been, as in the cases of FDR and Lincoln, and it can be again, but the White House has been pushed away from power for a long time.
I think it's still worth interrogating the question though.
It's hard to see the big picture when some of the pieces are missing.
It gives people the false impression that the White House is inherently the seat of sovereignty prima facie.