text: Regardless of the Congressional disapproval of Trump's executive orders, the Republicans won't lift a finger to counter them - yet. The new president is very popular with the members of Mr. Trump's "movement" and a Republican Congress will be unwilling to rock the boat at this stage. Trump put the Republicans back in power by his sheer populist message. This occurred in the same vein as the Liberal Party's beholden gratitude to Justin Trudeau for bringing them back from third party status to government.