Donald Trump often gets away with saying things that would be political suicide for anyone else. But this time he's saying something that most Americans might actually agree with.

In the wake of the deadly shooting in Orlando last weekend, Donald Trump says he plans to meet with the National Rifle Association to talk about limiting gun access to people suspected of ties to terrorism.

The demand for this kind of change has grown deafening in recent days, especially after news emerged that, despite the FBI investigating him twice for his suspected terrorist ties, the Orlando shooter was still able to purchase a gun.

While Democrats have re-upped their calls for curbs on suspected terrorists' ability to buy guns, Republicans have been entirely unwilling to entertain the idea. That's largely due to the fact that the NRA wields enormous power over the GOP. But Trump has proven time and again throughout this election that Republican politics and pieties hold little sway over him.

Trump's tweet pulls back the curtain on the fact that it's the NRA, not Congress, that dictates the country's gun laws.

Instead, Trump has staked his reputation to the claim that terrorism is the number-one threat facing the country, and that he will do anything in his power to stop it, including banning Muslim people from entering the United States. Keeping guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists is entirely in keeping with that message, whether or not it aligns with the Republican playbook.

The question now is: how will Republicans in Congress respond to Trump once again going rogue? Trump's tweet pulls back the curtain on the fact that it's the NRA, not Congress, that dictates the country's gun laws. It also puts Republicans in a tricky position politically. Do they take this opportunity to voice their support for a policy that 71 percent of Americans already support? Or do they stick to the script for fear of upsetting the almighty NRA?

None of this is to say that Trump is becoming a gun control advocate. During his national security speech, Trump said Hillary Clinton wants to "take away Americans’ guns, then admit the very people who want to slaughter us." Though that's far from factual, it's Trump's way of pandering to pro-gun advocates.

This incident may still scare Republicans anyway, if for no other reason than it illustrates how little control the GOP and its longstanding allegiances have over Trump as president. It's what Trump's supporters love about him. It's what keeps his ostensible allies up at night.