We are now to believe that in all of the fashioning of this catastrophic budget extension bill the White House had no participation, contributed no suggestions, was completely unaware of the contents of the bill. That is not the way Washington works and it is simply preposterous to believe it.
When healthcare reform was being debated there can be no doubt that the White House participated, Trump certainly ballyhooed the proposed legislation so favored by rinos and, after it's defeat, threatened the conservatives who, thank God, frustrated its passage by threatening to campaign against them. His support of the legislation could hardly have been more emphatic.
We must now examine Trump's behavior in reaction to this disastrous piece of legislation and determine whether he is abandoning pretext to conservative governance and making treaty with the left or whether he signals that he really means to live up to his campaign promises. The test will be whether he vetoes this bill, if he does not, it is the end of any claim to a conservative philosophy and perhaps even the end of his presidency.
