Balance of Power: Trump Pleads for Unity Under Bannon’s Shadow
Trump, McConnell Talk Taxes
This article is for subscribers only.
After all of Donald Trump’s efforts to browbeat lawmakers, it’s ousted White House strategist Steve Bannon that Republican senators — and the U.S. president himself — actually fear.
That was the signal Trump sent yesterday with an impromptu Rose Garden appearance alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in which the president urged an end to Republican infighting. Bannon responded by doubling his efforts to purge the Senate of McConnell supporters.