Are you really that naive? You really think Trump is a small government conservative? He spent most of his life as a Democrat. And he’s a dealmaker. He’ll make whatever deal he can. And when you make deals for a living, both sides have to get something from it, because otherwise... no deal.
He thinks he can make a deal, and thats what he’s trying to do.
Is Trump silencing Ryan like he did Romney?
bostonglobe ^
Posted on 3/17/2017 9:43:19 AM by ChicagoConservative27
If you follow the logic of an unnamed White House staffer in the Atlantic, the whole idea that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was being considered to be President Trump's secretary of state was a ruse from the beginning.
Romney was one of Trump's biggest critics before the election. And after Trump declined to pick him for secretary of state, how could he criticize Trump going forward and not have it look like sour grapes?
“ ‘Judas Iscariot got 30 pieces of silver; Mitt Romney got a dish of frog legs at Jean-Georges. And even at that, it was the appetizer portion,’ a high-ranking White House official told me. ‘We’ve sort of taken out his larynx — how can he criticize [Trump] now?’ ”
This might be a telling lesson for House Speaker Paul Ryan. It's becoming increasingly clear that Trump is trying to make Ryan the fall guy for the failure of the health care replacement bill. If Trump is successful, the larger point will be this: Ryan can't even lead House Republicans, so what power does he actually have?
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Emphasis mine.
Trump has no bigger enemy in Congress than Paul Ryan. Not even McCain and his girlfriend Linda are as big a threat to Trump as is Speaker Ryan.
You’re right about Trump being a dealmaker. I’ve outlined my reasons why I believe Trump is playing Ryan in the replacement bill process.
You believe Trump is actually supporting Ryan “100%”?
Now who’s naïve?