McConnell: Trump Administration Can’t Be Salvaged
Trouble in paradise.
In a bombshell new report, The New York Times just revealed that relations between the two top Republicans are in a very bad place.
According to the report, Trump and McConnell have not spoken in weeks.
“What was once an uneasy governing alliance has curdled into a feud of mutual resentment and sometimes outright hostility, complicated by the position of Mr. McConnell’s wife, Elaine L. Chao, in Mr. Trump’s cabinet, according to more than a dozen people briefed on their imperiled partnership. Angry phone calls and private badmouthing have devolved into open conflict, with the president threatening to oppose Republican senators who cross him, and Mr. McConnell mobilizing to their defense,” The New York Times notes in their report.
Trump blames McConnell for among other things, the failure of health care and for not protecting him from the Russia investigation.
In a call a few weeks ago, Trump and McConnell engaged in a “profane shouting match.”
McConnell has also said privately that he doesn’t believe Trump can salvage his administration the long series of crises over the summer, The New York Times noted.
McConnell has also criticized Trump for his unwillingness to learn how to govern and for attacking fellow Republicans.
“In offhand remarks, Mr. McConnell has expressed a sense of bewilderment about where Mr. Trump’s presidency may be headed, and has mused about whether Mr. Trump will be in a position to lead the Republican Party into next year’s elections and beyond, according to people who have spoken to him directly,” The New York Times reported.
Read the full New York Times story here.
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