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by David Ferguson at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/gop-insiders-slam-trumps-desperate-totally-insane-last-minute-push-for-100-days-accomplishments/
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President Donald Trumps last-minute push to rack up some achievements to show for his first 100 days in office sent some of his closest aides reeling and further alienated the president from leaders within his own party, said Politico on Saturday.
The last-minute moves have frustrated some of Trumps allies, caused a scramble across his government and proved once again that decisions are made by one man on his whims and often with an eye to his media coverage, wrote Josh Dawsey, Tara Palmeri and Ben White.
Trumps vague, hastily-written tax plan and his doomed push for a second Trumpcare vote this week were both poorly-planned, desperate attempts, insiders say, to have something to boast about in addition to the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Eight days ago, when Trump announced that his tax plan was nearly complete, no one was more surprised than chief economic adviser Gary Cohn.
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samnsara
(17,650 posts)...that's when then end will begin.
KelleyKramer
(8,985 posts)That was actually his third 'try' on health care
But there has never been a vote on it
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)He told him who to nominate and then pushed it through the Senate. Trump did nothing.