'Good for the country': Dan Rather finds hope in the GOP's 'never-ending trainwreck'

Veteran journalist Dan Rather sees potential good that can come out of the GOP's "never-ending trainwreck" playing out before him.

In his latest Substack piece, Rather wrote that infighting between Republicans and Trump will "be good for the country" if it manages to nix some of the president's more outrageous plans.

Rather observed how Republicans are responding to the creation of Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund. It was created as part of a settlement for a lawsuit by Trump against the IRS.

"The settlement has upended a lot of pieces on the political chessboard," Rather wrote. "Senate Republicans canceled a planned vote on an immigration enforcement bill. It should have been a slam-dunk."

However, Rather expects the GOP-controlled Senate to be hostile territory for Trump. "For the rest of the year, the Senate is going to be a hard place for Trump to get his unpopular measures passed," he wrote.

"Both Houses of Congress have the power to at least slow him, if not stop him," Rather stressed. "But only if they have the courage to do so."

Even Republican strategist Karl Rove was coming out against Trump with a Wall Street Journal editorial. Rather found it "more surprising" to read Rove had "argued that the only way Republicans can hold onto control of Congress is to rein in the president."

Rather even envisioned "impeachment and conviction could become a factor" against Trump, "but we're a long way from that."