Trump has a bully pulpit he uses. But you go to war with the army you have and not the army you want.
Any follow on beyond Phase 2 (Phase 2 was to be everything Trump did within what the new law allowed) was required to have a Phase 3 voted on. Our concern was that this would never likely happen. Trump and the Freedom Caucus could work to not pass things until Phase 3 passed into law.
You do the best you can, with what you have, where you’re at. Trump would not have gotten the House bill without changes from the Senate, and even then, it likely wouldn’t have passed. But, if this had happened, it would not have been a “Freedom Caucus” or “Club for Growth” issue, but a “Congress” issue.
There were not even 51 votes in the Senate for this crap sandwich.
The Senate would have made it worse, not better, it’s what they do.