Posted on 03/18/2017 8:36:53 AM PDT by kindred
Congressional Republicans have a lot to say about their new president.
Donald Trump's proposed budget is "draconian, careless and counterproductive." The health care plan is a bailout that won't pass. And his administration's suggestion that former President Barack Obama used London's spy agency for surveillance is simply "inexplicable."
With friends like these, who needs Democrats?
Less than two months in, Republicans have emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to Trump's young administration, imperiling his early efforts to pass his agenda and make good on some of his biggest campaign promises.
Trump's embrace of a House GOP plan to overhaul the country's health system faces deep opposition from across the party, as does his push to get U.S. taxpayers to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans largely rejected his thin, 53-page first budget, joking that there's a "fat chance for skinny budget" on Capitol Hill. And his tax reform and infrastructure plans have yet to gain any real traction in Congress.
Trump insisted on Friday that he is leading a party that is coalescing behind him.
"I think we have a very unified party. I think actually more unified than even the election," he said at a White House news conference with German leader Angela Merkel. "You see when they talk about me, I seem to be very popular, at least this week within the party."
Long a divisive political figure, Trump entered office with historically low approval ratings and a popular vote loss of nearly 3 million. Still, he claimed a sweeping mandate when he arrived in Washington, fiercely pushing back on any suggestion that he won with less than a historic margin and moving quickly on a series of controversial executive orders.
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I completely disagree with that statement, almost everyone whose ever met Mr. Trump say he's extremely personable.
Trump chooses not to be friendly when it suits his purpose, but there's no question he has natural likability. He wouldn't be where he is today without it.
“More fake news from Lisa Lerer’s AP.”
Lisa Lerer, another “Secular Progressive” Jew working to destroy America. Her bio says she’s a big Hillary supporter. Who would have thought.
“They all want their “pork” and pet issues funded, and the country be damned.”
That is why Trump is so different. He’s putting the country first, which is antithetical to our Congress. Thirty years ago or more I had a meeting with H.L. Richardson who was a Conservative Congressman from Southern California at the time. He rattled off a list the enumerated the relative importance of various
“constituents” to most members of Congress. “The people who elected them,” was sixth or seventh down the list.
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