Graham - Trump "unreliable partner"
Congressional Republicans tried to make sense Thursday of President Trump's early-morning tweets on immigration and children's health, as the GOP struggled to muster the votes for a short-term spending bill and avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday.
With less than 48 hours before a possible shutdown, Trump on Twitter seemed to directly contradict the legislative strategy of congressional Republicans by calling for the separation of a long-term extension of the popular Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through mid-February. While some Republicans suggested that the president was endorsing the GOP's approach, albeit sloppily, others found the tweets inexplicable and unhelpful ahead of the November midterm elections.
"We don't have a reliable partner at the White House to negotiate with," Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said as he walked into the Capitol.
"This has turned into an s-show for no good reason, and the only way out of this thing is to grow up a little bit — and I think that's going to happen," he said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/powerpost/trump-upends-gop-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown-with-call-to-settle-childhood-insurance-impasse/2018/01/18/be61af62-fc56-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html
Of course Putins tool wants chaos and a government shutdown.
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