We HAVE noted that one Donald J. Trump, The current American President, IS driving things SIDWAYS…..
While Republicans still tend to have his back?
They ARE NOT Happy and have been complaining to Trump and his staff….
There have been slight adjustments from Trump…
Are they gonna be enough to right Trump’s and the Grand ole’ Party’s poll numbers?
We Repeat!
Midsterms ARE less that a year away and Trump IS a ‘Lame Duck’ President….
But behind the scenes, White House officials and congressional leaders are quietly collaborating on course corrections large and small, aware that their political fates are irrevocably tied to one another and that, for all their successes so far, some changes may be necessary.
Unable to pressure Greene and other Republicans intent on voting to release the Epstein files, Trump reversed himself last week after months of opposition. He has eased off his demands that the GOP-controlled Congress do away with the filibuster, recognizing that the senators who immediately ruled out such a move were “very smart people” worth listening to. And the White House is “aggressively promoting policies on the affordability issue,” according to a GOP donor granted anonymity to describe private conversations.
These slight changes in course come even as Trump insists that the focus on “affordability” is a con job, perpetrated by Democrats, and strains to stay focused on the cost of living, such as touting his electoral prowess at an affordability event with McDonald’s.
Two senior White House officials, both granted anonymity to speak candidly about the president’s thinking, scoffed at the idea that any growing resistance from Republicans to various policy positions was a sign of the president entering a lame-duck phase or losing something on his fastball. Trump and Republicans, they both said, understand that they need each other to advance the agenda they broadly share.
“I don’t think the president will ever feel like a lame duck,” the first senior White House official said. “He is emboldened, he knows he’s the leader of the Republican Party, he knows Republicans need him to boost turnout in the midterm elections and he will do everything he can to help them along the way.”….
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Trump, the senior White House officials acknowledged, has heard from allies in private conversations about polling showing the unpopularity of certain actions, from the ICE roundups in several cities to his demolishing of the White House’s East Wing — and about data showing that voters are souring on the economy. Although most Republicans remain loath to publicly squabble with the president, some are increasingly willing to push back as the election draws closer….
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