“And Trump gave your wife that job on his cabinet”
I’d say there’s a 90% chance Turtle ordered Trump to give Chao a cabinet position or he’d never push through a SCOTUS appointment.
OR, Trump hired her to keep McConnell tamped down. Remember that Trump is not "forcible."
Trump was warned ahead of time that his biggest problem in the Senate would be McConnell and I am sure he took the necessary steps to keep him on a leash, without him knowing it.