Insulting the leaders
of your party is not the path to legislative success.
Expect Trump and Congress
to Do Nada
As a presidential
deal-maker, Donald Trump is, in Texas parlance, all hat and no
cattle. It's a big reason that, aside from disaster relief, not much
is likely to get done this month or this year. To the shock of
fellow Republicans, Trump gave Democrats all they wanted to get a
temporary extension of the debt ceiling and government funding and
the first installment of huge assistance for hurricane
victims....Trump cut this small deal to punish House Speaker Paul
Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom he blames for
this year's dismal legislative record, while simultaneously bragging
he has gotten more done than any than any president since Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The next day Trump gloated about the GOP leaders'
discomfort and the media reviews.
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