A first term refrain - that the president makes his own reality with "alternative facts" - is still the operative one. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, he criticised Pirro's decision to drop the case and did so again in comments from the Oval Office on Monday. Advertisement AdvertisementIf the Reflecting Pool case was an instance of Trump being forced to face legal reality, up on Capitol Hill it was an unpleasant political reality that confronted him. "My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been," he posted to Truth Social on Monday. And if Republicans struggle, it may provide yet another reality that Trump, despite his best efforts, must eventually face.