The President of the United States doesn’t trust his own people or any government staff…
But he does listen to Meadows ,a Conservative Rightwingnut….
This should NOT be a surprise to people…
Donald Trump has said and campaigned AGAINST the countries established political system and the government itself….
This IS why he enjoys conservative base support….
When Mark Meadows didn’t get President Donald Trump’s chief of staff gig, he wasn’t losing out on much.
Just 10 days later, the powerful conservative lawmaker managed to engineer what has become the longest-running government shutdown ever — persuading Trump to pull the trigger right as the partial closure was on the brink of being avoided.
Meadows picked up the phone to make his move just after Vice President Mike Pence had told lawmakers over lunch on Dec. 19 — two days before government funding would expire — that Trump was prepared to sign a clean spending bill to keep the government open through early February. The North Carolina Republican, who helped shutter the government in 2013 during a revolt against Obamacare, wasn’t prepared to back away from demanding funds for a border wall. And despite Pence’s clear-as-day comments, he assumed the president wasn’t either.
Meadows was right.
The following day, at Meadows’ urging, Trump said he would veto any short-term funding bill that didn’t include $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border, a campaign chant-turned-top policy priority. Republican leaders scuttled a press conference planned to announce their agreement to keep the government open. A day later, a quarter of the federal government shutdown. Nearly a month later, little has changed.
Meadows was among several prominent conservatives — including Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity and radio personality Rush Limbaugh — who pressured Trump to stick to his border wall promise as congressional negotiations unfolded in December. But while right-wing pundits often make their cases through the airwaves, Meadows’ methods of persuasion are far more direct.
Four sources with knowledge of their relationship said Trump talks to Meadows more than he does with many of his senior aides. They sometimes spend an hour-plus on the phone together or speak more than once per day.
The result is that a three-term congressman little-known outside the Beltway has earned an outsize influence on shaping the direction of the Trump administration — and the country. Meadows has the president’s ear on any number of topics, from immigration and border security to criminal justice and international affairs. And he’s used that access to push Trump toward stances aligned with the ascendant House Freedom Caucus, the hard-line conservative and libertarian caucus founded in 2015 that Meadows chairs.
In other words, Meadows — who many people, even those in Washington, couldn’t pick out of a lineup — might be one of the country’s most powerful lawmakers…..
image…Politico
However, the Don seems to be lining up a lot of GOP Establishment support, too.
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.@POTUS has laid out a constructive new proposal that contains the basis for a bipartisan agreement. It includes many of the same ideas I have been discussing in bipartisan talks over the past few weeks https://bit.ly/2FJEGeI
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Today @POTUS proposed a common sense plan to secure our border, reopen our government, and KEEP AMERICANS SAFE. Now it’s time for Congress to work together to solve the crisis on our Southern Border and end the shutdown. Let’s get to work!
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A fantastic proposal Mr. President!
Let’s get it done!
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I support President @realDonaldTrump’s plan. I will absolutely vote for this proposal when @senatemajldr brings up the bill next week.
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President Trump again spoke directly to the American people about the national security crisis at our southern border. @POTUS has listened to both sides & is still willing to compromise. All members of Congress should take this proposal seriously.
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I strongly support President Trump’s immigration proposal today. Pelosi & Schumer rejected it even before the president spoke to the nation & made his proposal. They’re radical know-nothings. Let’s hope some… https://www.facebook.com/16307558831/posts/10157005375948832/ …
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President Trump has put forward a serious and reasonable offer to reform parts of our broken immigration system and reopen government. The moment now turns to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The country is watching.
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“I commend the President for his leadership in proposing this bold solution to reopen the government, secure the border, and take bipartisan steps toward addressing current immigration issues.” -@senatemajldr
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Spot on
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President Trump has now systematically built a irrefutable case that Democrats have no interest in compromise. None. Zero. Not a hint of it.
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Breaking:
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows Hispanic-Latino approval of President Donald Trump’s job performance jumped 19 points in the past month, hitting, hitting 50% in January
Hispanics want LEGAL immigration and a wall!
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3 hours ago
The Media is not giving us credit for the tremendous progress we have made with North Korea. Think of where we were at the end of the Obama Administration compared to now. Great meeting this week with top Reps. Looking forward to meeting with Chairman Kim at end of February!
It still ain’t enough……
Well, look at this broad, bipartisan coalition of supporters, Republican and GOP, GOP and GOP, GOP & Republican, Republican and Republican….
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