‘Trump betrays everyone’: The president has a long record as an unpredictable ally

[bigheadfred]

President Trump prepared for the pivotal meeting with congressional leaders by huddling with his senior team — his chief of staff, his legislative director and the heads of Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget — to game out various scenarios on how to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling and provide Hurricane Harvey relief.

But one option they never considered was the one the president ultimately chose: cutting a deal with Democratic lawmakers, to the shock and ire of his own party.

In agreeing to tie Harvey aid to a three-month extension of the debt ceiling and government funding, Trump burned the people who are ostensibly his allies. The president was an unpredictable — and, some would say, untrustworthy — negotiating partner with not only congressional Republicans but also with his Cabinet members and top aides. Trump saw a deal that he thought was good for him — and he seized it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-betrays-everyone-the-president-has-a-long-record-as-an-unpredictable-ally/2017/09/08/9cf64768-94a8-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?utm_term=.9dfc5ce4c411

[Bigun]

Where are there ANY conservatives in the Trump Whitehouse these days?

[bigheadfred]

Where are there ANY conservatives in the Trump Whitehouse these days?

I'd give Melania a shot at it.

[corbe]

   Just ask any of the former USFL Owners, he sold all of them out to the NFL back in the 80's.

[DCPatriot]

It's Bezos' Washington Post, guys.


Stopped reading right there.   

[bigheadfred]

It's Bezos' Washington Post, guys.


Stopped reading right there.   

Prairie dogging it. Again. ^-^

[Bigun]

It's Bezos' Washington Post, guys.


Stopped reading right there.   

I din't even start to read it!  My question stands!

[Cripplecreek]

I'd give Melania a shot at it.

She does seem to have at least the conservative instincts of a mother.

[bigheadfred]

FTSU (not a typo) turtle leader after the deal:

[DCPatriot]

Prairie dogging it. Again. ^-^

 

[corbe]

                        Newt and his wife agree with the premise of this article.

[skeeter]

Where are there ANY conservatives in the Trump Whitehouse these days?

I guess we'll know soon enough whether Trump's recent leftward shuffle is just shot across the bow or a permanent shift.

Hope springs eternal.