http://dagblog.com/link/how-rand-paul-became-trump-whisperer-23657 Comments for "How Rand Paul became the Trump Whisperer" en http://dagblog.com/comment/243735#comment-243735 <a id="comment-243735"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/how-rand-paul-became-trump-whisperer-23657">How Rand Paul became the Trump Whisperer</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/trump-vs-the-senate-2494533843.html?utm_medium=linkshare&amp;utm_campaign=organic">Trump vs. the Senate</a></p> <p>By Jonathan Swan @ Axios.com, 4 hrs. ago</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>As we head into the fall's legislative fights and the new year, we'll be watching President Trump's deep frustration with the Senate in general and Mitch McConnell in particular. Sources who've spent time with Trump privately say he's at his wits end with both.</p> <ul><li>"Mitch isn't up to it," Trump privately tells associates, arguing that McConnell is a failed leader, past his prime, without the strength or stamina required to ram through his agenda.</li> <li>Trump gets a kick out of his favorite TV host, Lou Dobbs, who constantly trashes GOP congressional leaders. (The president often calls Dobbs to praise him on his shows, revel in his attacks on Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and to seek his opinions on various issues.)</li> </ul></div> <div> <p>Trump views the Senate as an extension of McConnell: an archaic, do-nothing institution that relies on old rules simply because they are traditions, and not because they serve any modern day purpose [....]</p> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Mon, 09 Oct 2017 02:54:15 +0000 artappraiser comment 243735 at http://dagblog.com