Balance of Power: Art of the (Bad) Deal Hands Democrats the Keys
GOP Looks Inward for Answers to Trump's Debt Deal
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Republicans who’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that Donald Trump’s deal-making prowess might not measure up to his boasts just saw their worst fears realized.
Trump unexpectedly spurned his Republican allies in Congress yesterday when Democrats held out the offer of a short-term fix to his debt-limit problem. House Speaker Paul Ryan had called the proposal “ridiculous” and “unworkable” just hours earlier. Trump loved it.