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Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/23/2016 5:57:26 PM

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Trump signals a cease-fire in his war with GOP leaders in Congress

The detente reflects the unifying power of Donald Trump’s victory and the influence of key members of his team. But some Trump aides are taking a split approach to building relationships on the Hill, which could exacerbate tensions in the party.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-mostly-kumbaya-so-far-for-trump-and-gop-in-congress/2016/12/23/49b9b54e-c870-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpcongress-650pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.010331168fe9

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/27/2016 12:39:42 PM

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Trump’s Own Staff Admits President-Elect Is In Over His Head And Can’t Handle The Press

The saga of the on again, off again, on again, Trump meeting with The New York Times took a compelling turn as the Times reported that Trump initially canceled the meeting after his Chief of Staff Reince Priebus lied to him because he feared that Trump was in way over his head.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/22/trump-5.html

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/27/2016 2:43:32 PM

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From your link:

“He wants to be a legislative president, who gets legislation on his desk to sign into law.”

Hard-line House conservatives appear to have a direct line to Trump chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon and senior political aide David Bossie, both of whom spent years in the conservative media railing against the GOP establishment.

Big questions remain about Trump’s personal approach to Congress: Will he be a bipartisan schmoozer and dealmaker? Or will he sit back as Republicans power through a long-deferred wish list ?

For instance, members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus claimed to have Trump’s backing when they defied Ryan and launched an early-December bid to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen.

The Freedom Caucus was emboldened and encouraged behind the scenes by Bannon, whose former website, Breitbart News, wrote favorably about it, and by Bossie, who supported the impeachment push as president of Citizens United. Impeachment was effectively buried in the end, handing GOP leaders the win.

In my opinion Trump may not cowtow to congress but in the end, he will not have much choice and will get a taste now and then of what Obama got...resistance and even outright obstructionism.

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/28/2016 9:07:50 AM

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The way they're dealing with Sunndy Deshite at the moment, they may yet double down on the obstructionism the incumbent President faced.
(Which would be awesome to behold, actually: a Republican dominated Congress obstructing a Republican President? When's that ever happened before?)

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/31/2016 6:51:46 AM

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I don't think any of them know what they want, except power and more money.

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/31/2016 10:51:46 AM

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A fair few of them have decided that they don't want an orange twitter addict who buys off rape cases and can't run a casino, at least.

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/31/2016 1:22:08 PM

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quote:

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I don't think any of them know what they want, except power and more money.

near as I can tell..... is there anything else for them TO want??

because really, anything & everything else is attainable using ether.

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RE: Trump staff risking exacerbating GOP tensions - 12/31/2016 1:42:08 PM

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If you are inferring your are bit of an idiot and need locked up in the asylum of nutters I shall stand by your side

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