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McConnell, in Private, Doubts if Trump Can Save Presidency
NY Times ^

Posted on 08/22/2017 4:25:01 PM PDT by springwater13

The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has privately expressed uncertainty that Mr. Trump will be able to salvage his administration after a series of summer crises.

What was once an uneasy governing alliance has curdled into a feud of mutual resentment and sometimes outright hostility, complicated by the position of Mr. McConnell’s wife, Elaine L. Chao, in Mr. Trump’s cabinet, according to more than a dozen people briefed on their imperiled partnership. Angry phone calls and private badmouthing have devolved into open conflict, with the president threatening to oppose Republican senators who cross him, and Mr. McConnell mobilizing to their defense.

In a series of tweets this month, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. McConnell publicly, then berated him in a phone call that quickly devolved into a profane shouting match.

During the call, which Mr. Trump initiated on Aug. 9 from his New Jersey golf club, the president accused Mr. McConnell of bungling the health care issue. He was even more animated about what he intimated was the Senate leader’s refusal to protect him from investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Republicans briefed on the conversation.

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To: springwater13

Who cares what a gutless twit thinks?


61 posted on 08/22/2017 7:24:09 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: springwater13

Note to Mitch McConnell: check out today’s rally in Phoenix.


62 posted on 08/22/2017 7:37:57 PM PDT by ex91B10
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To: Fantasywriter

More like a fork (tongue) ......fork you Mitch


63 posted on 08/22/2017 7:44:38 PM PDT by t4texas (Remember the Alamo!)
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To: springwater13
Other than obstructing Trump, what is the Turdles agenda?
64 posted on 08/22/2017 8:13:56 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (A Texas Deplorable.)
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To: springwater13

NY Slimes LIES!


65 posted on 08/22/2017 8:16:04 PM PDT by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: Joe Bfstplk

Turdles agenda?
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Hilarious, I am laughing out loud!


66 posted on 08/22/2017 8:20:52 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Mariner

He and Bannon will make many of them decide to leave politics to be with their families. Families that barely know them.


67 posted on 08/23/2017 6:54:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump to be our President, make 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Racists? Nah!!)
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To: springwater13

McConnell is upset because Trump want congress to get off of their lazy asses and actually be productive


68 posted on 08/23/2017 11:51:03 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: springwater13
McConnell reminds me of those kids who laughed and filmed a man who was drowning.

McConnell has no interest in reaching out to offer a helping hand. He's content to sit back and wait for Trump to drown.

Let's see what happens when Trump pulls himself out of the water.

-PJ

69 posted on 08/23/2017 11:54:15 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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