"Please Don, I'll go along with whatever ya say, just get Steve off my back!"
Posted on 10/17/2017 5:54:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON Donald Trump on Monday threw a life raft to the most unpopular Republican in Congress, publicly expressing his support for Mitch McConnell and pledging to ask his anti-establishment friends to leave the Senate leader and his friends alone.
Until Monday, the Senate Majority Leader’s reputation as a canny tactician had taken a beating this year. Major legislation stalled. Critics from his own party called for his ouster. His approval rating was far below that of other congressional leaders from either party.
Then along came Trump on Monday, standing beside the Kentucky Republican in the Rose Garden, praising him as a leader who shares his agenda and pledging to ask McConnell’s chief antagonist to lay off the Senate leader’s GOP allies.
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I smell Ivanka.
Jared and Ivanka......Trump is foolidh if he falls for McConnells bs any longer
Does that include Flake?
I smell deniability. I wouldn’t worry about this.
I think it’s called triangulation.
He knows Bannon won’t stop, and McConnell & Co are now running scared from being primaried.
Result: tax cuts have a great chance of passing, along with other agenda items.
Having Trump say he wants others to close the barn door is not a strong position to get the door closed.
Besides, the horse is free ranging and unlikely to return to the captivity of a turtle.
I think it’s a squeeze play to get Turtle and his pals to behave. Almost as good as a mafia protection racket. And it’s deserved, too.
McConnell hasn’t done a damn thing for the last ten months except obstruct Trump. Why do anything for him?
McConnell is just playing Swamp games. Trump should tell him to produce something significant, and then maybe we’ll talk.
Ok Turtle so you say you are on board the Trump Express now, right? Start proving it ASAP.
I think it’s a squeeze play to get Turtle and his pals to behave.
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Won’t work. They are all liars and backstabbers. Never make a deal with the devil.
Bannon should form a PAC soon, so I can contribute.
Exactly. Same as w Strange. “Support” incumbent who has no chance, possibly getting a vote or two for the next 8 months.
M. McConnell -KY. O (Obstructionist) can never bet trusted.
McConnell will know this too. Means nothing either way and nothing will change. Swamp hates Trump, period.
Do not fall for turtle boy's passive aggressive nonsense.
I think Trump and Bannon are doing good cop-bad cop.
Ok Turtle so you say you are on board the Trump Express now, right? Start proving it ASAP.
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The Swamp creatures will NEVER get on the Trump train. They only want to derail it.
The GOPe was spooked big time by the Moore win in Alabama. They see the future consequences and now want to create the false illusion that they are working with Trump. This is complete BS and just another GOPe smoke screen.
The GOPe has back stabbed its voters for decades and is now attempting to deceive Trump just like they do to us.
Go Bannon! Go!
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