One person close to Trump said the president will be reminded that Lee was one of a very small cluster of Republican senators who never endorsed Trump for president and in October 2016 called for him to step down.
“One person close to Trump said the president will be reminded that Lee was one of a very small cluster of Republican senators who never endorsed Trump for president and in October 2016 called for him to step down.”
Trump clearly knew this before he added Lee to the list. Trump wants to get things done, and as quickly and efficiently as possible. Immigration going nowhere, Trump recognized it was time to move on to other things and come back when progress can be made. Here, Trump is considering that a fellow Senator will have a clearer path through the process - and in the end he will have a constitutionalist in line with Scalia - exactly what Trump wants. Yes - Lee, like others, acted badly. He has since been a pretty reliable Trump vote on the issues. Let’s all grow up and recognize, like Trump does, that moving on is better for the country than dwelling on past errors.
From another article:
“I have a good relationship with the president. He and I don’t see eye to eye on every issue,” Lee said in a Fox News interview on Thursday. “He and I see eye to eye on most things when it comes to the Supreme Court of the United States.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/trump-is-said-to-weigh-senator-mike-lee-for-high-court-vacancy