Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein A week bookended by pageantry and punctuated by disruption has put the power and pull of President Donald Trump on full display. Trump sought to upend alliances that have defined the last few decades, and found ready cheerleaders for the endeavor. He played it safe – by his standards – with a Supreme Court pick, and rallied his party behind him there, too. Friday brings a royal embrace for the president in the United Kingdom, even as he offered an unfriendly welcome to Prime Minister Theresa May, as she wrestles with Brexit. Back in Washington, House Republicans mounted a brazen spectacle of an attack on the Russia investigation. It helps set up a friendly Trump meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump is doing plenty to make plenty of people take offense. But Trumpism's triumph is in watching others scramble, particularly so long as the president can count on his allies to rally behind him. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks By the end of the week, one chamber in Congress seemed to have fallen apart, while the other was surprisingly intact. Going into the week, people might have predicted a Senate in shambles. A few Senate Democrats, after all, were promising to oppose President's Trump nominee to the Supreme Court even before they had a name. And after the formal announcement, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would fight the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with "everything I have." Yes, Se... Link to the full article to read more