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Only a re-election party on the night of November 3, 2020, could possibly offer the same vindication for America's most unconventional command in the history of history.
While his 2016 election campaign was most notable for swirling chaos and shattered norms, Trump's vows to nominate conservative judges to the Supreme Court and to fire the economy were the glue for his winning coalition.
The struggle to confirm Kavanaugh split the country, deepened mistrust between rival lawmakers and threatens to further drag the Supreme Court into Washington's poisoned political stew. But Trump stuck with it and ground out a win.
So he has everything right to go back to polls in the next four weeks ahead of the midterm elections to argue he has done exactly what he said he would do. He now has a strong message to convince grass-roots Republicans that it's well worth showing up at the polls.
Testing the new message
He will get his first chance to road-test his new, improved message at a rally in Topeka, Kansas, on Saturday night.
It's ironic that it was Trump, President Ronald Reagan, both Bush presidents and beats GOP nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain – who finally delivered the Supreme Court majority.
If he is confirmed as expected, Kavanaugh will be Trump's second nominee to reach the short in two years, following Neil Gorsuch.
Of course, the Supreme Court is the culmination of decades of work by conservative activists and was masterminded by the cunning of Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell. But Presidents get credit when they are in the Oval Office when things go well and Trump, whether it is his fault or not, has taken more than his share of criticism.
Trump has so far been uncharacteristically quiet about his banner day – perhaps to be sure any last upsets before Saturday's scheduled vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation.
He did not pump out two short tweets.
"Very proud of the U.S. Senate for voting 'YES' to advance the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh!" he wrote.
Earlier, he had tweeted: "Just out: 3.7% Unemployment is the lowest number since 1969!"
A President of consequence
There is more to be said in the Supreme Court and the fact that it is more important that it is a very important issue than a very strong point of view, despite its extremely controversial nature.
Trump's bullying approach to trade negotiations has recently been extended to Canada, Mexico and South Korea. While he exaggerates how much he changed existing deals, he can still boast that his "Art of the Deal" negotiating strategy – another core component of his appeal to his fans – is working.
The case against the President
Many of Trump's perceived achievements are hugely controversial, and their opponents will argue that they are staunch America's image, and will be forced to return to the United States.
And Democrats carp that Trump is only one of the most important economic factors in the world Barack Obama in the wake of the Great Recession and argues that its cuts cuts .
Trump's critics say the approach to the world threatens to buckle the international system of alliances and a rule-based trading system that made the world's most powerful and powerful country.
They say it's most notable for a culture of corruption, falsehood and demagoguery.
Trump's constant twisting of truth, the invention of false political realities and the strategy of tearing the country's racial, gender and societal divides in order to capture and wield power threaten the eternal values and institutions of the nation itself.
The voters will choose
Most credible pollsters have the President at only 40% approval, a level that is rarely conducive to successful congressional elections. Republicans are in danger of losing the House of Representatives, a scenario that could cripple Trump 's White House with relentless committee investigations and even the specter of impeachment.
Often the chaos and discord the President sows distractions from his success, and his raging temperament and insistence on waging perpetual political warfare.
Trump's presidency – an era of conservative achievement or a disastrous national distraction – becomes dominant.
But it already seems that Trump's big design will be difficult for a future President to quickly reverse.
Less than two weeks ago, foreign diplomats at the United Nations laughed at Trump when he was as usual, exaggerating.
But it is also no longer possible to credibly argue – despite the distracting blizzard of controversy, busted decorum and chaos staff constantly lashing Washington – that is not something important that is changing the political and economic character of the nation itself.
