Will allegiance to Trump boost or doom the Republican Party?
The party is ostracising internal Trump critics like Liz Cheney, cementing the idea that it’s Trump or bust for the GOP.
![As the Republican Party rallies behind former President Donald Trump, some in the GOP wonder if that is in the party's best long-term interests [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_16204186242356.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The chaotic US withdrawal is just the latest in a string of political crises the US president faces.
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The party is ostracising internal Trump critics like Liz Cheney, cementing the idea that it’s Trump or bust for the GOP.
![As the Republican Party rallies behind former President Donald Trump, some in the GOP wonder if that is in the party's best long-term interests [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_16204186242356.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Out of office and without social media, Trump’s voice at the moment only echoes among his die-hard supporters.
![Without social media, Donald Trump's voice is not travelling as far and wide as it used to [File: Mike Segar/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
While the US president is currently riding high, history shows that there are plenty of pitfalls that lie ahead.
![100 days into his first term, Joe Biden is backed by a majority of Americans. But there will be many developments in the remaining 1,300-plus days of his term that will fully define his presidency [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-14T171518Z_1421265192_RC2TVM945AL2_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-RACE.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
It became a political flashpoint last year; now, Democratic leaders refuse to entertain the notion.
![While calls to "defund" police departments persist, Democratic leaders are distancing themselves from those demands [File: John Minchillo/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP_20289117727822.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
US President Joe Biden called for an end to ‘total war’ in political debate. It is an elusive goal, even for him.
![Joe Biden called for unity in his January inaugural address, but political divisions in the US are as deep as ever [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-08T161709Z_74996878_RC2SRM9FZV1C_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-GUNS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
There are times when Americans are concerned with the national debt. Now is not one of them.
![President Joe Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday in Pittsburgh [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21090754493937.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The US president takes questions from reporters on issues including migration, China, COVID vaccines and voting rights.
![President Joe Biden speaks during his first news conference in the East Room of the White House [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21084630723021-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
After every mass shooting, gun control supporters call for stricter federal laws, only to have their ideas sidelined.
![Will this be the year that mass shootings will lead to stricter US gun laws [File: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_18083716096105.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The US president and his fellow Democrats hope the effects of the relief package result in electoral success.
![President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, at the Rose Garden of the White House, March 12, 2021 [File: Alex Brandon/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21071724432628.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)