He's likely dangling it in the background as a threat. Either play ball or we break you. And we do have some support at the local level too. It's the Senate specifically that's the problem. That changes slowly by design.

Part of why Trump got smacked around here is because he bulled in and upset a bunch of old rinos who specifically lashed out in return. Hence him stepping back a bit and being quiet by my guess. He's planning and letting things settle.