Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won the day on Wednesday, striking a deal with the president to keep the government open and cash flowing to hurricane victims, but they’re still ‘career politicians’ who are ‘trying to stop him,’ President Trump reminded his supporters today.
A new Trump campaign ad that’s due to begin airing on cable networks today opens with the slam on Democratic legislators and media, flashing pictures of Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, a group of photographers, Pelosi and Congresswoman Maxine Waters in succession.
The 30-second ad goes on tout Trump’s accomplishments in office and ends with a claim that ‘Americans are saying, “Let President Trump do his job and make America great again.” ‘
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won the day on Wednesday, striking a deal with the president to keep the government open and cash flowing to hurricane victims, but they’re still ‘career politicians’ who are ‘trying to stop him,’ President Trump reminded his supporters today
A new Trump campaign ad that’s due to begin airing on cable networks today opens with a slam on Democratic legislators, including Pelosi and Schumer, and media
Trump angered Republican lawmakers yesterday when he brokered an agreement with Schumer and Pelosi, the top-ranking Democrats in the Senate and House, respectively, to raise the debt limit and fund the government for three months to clear the deck for a tax reform package this fall.
The package will include billions of dollars for hurricane relief efforts, as well.
‘We essentially came to a deal, and I think the deal will be very good,’ Trump told reporters just after the deed had been done.
Democrats had demanded the short-term extension over a longer one, a move that allows them to ask for additional concessions when the continuing resolution expires in mid-December.
Without their support, the hurricane relief funds that FEMA has said it needs immediately may have lingered in limbo.
House Speaker Paul Ryan emerged from the deal with egg on his face. Prior to the meeting with Trump at the White House where the agreement came into focus he had accused Schumer and Pelosi of ‘playing politics’ with the debt ceiling and hurricane aid.
‘I think that’s a ridiculous idea,’ he said of of a three-month resolution that tied disaster relief funding to the debt limit. ‘I hope they don’t mean that.’
Ryan explained Thursday morning during a live interview with the New York Times Trump wanted to have a ‘bipartisan moment in response to the hurricanes.’
He made it clear in his remarks that he did not agree with his party leader, even though he promised to push the legislation through in the meeting with the president.
Trump said yesterday afternoon at an event in North Dakoka that he ‘had a great bipartisan meeting with Democrat and Republican leaders in Congress’ at the White House earlier in the day.
‘I’m committed to working with both parties to deliver for our wonderful, wonderful citizens. It’s about time,’ he said. ‘And I’ll tell you what, we walked out of there — Mitch [McConnell] and Paul, and everybody, Kevin [McCarthy]– and we walked out and everybody was happy.
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Ryan had slapped down the proposed deal at a GOP leadership news conference that took place just before he was due to huddle with Schumer and Pelosi at the White House
This morning, it was back to politics as usual, though, with Trump’s campaign dropping an ad that slammed the very same Democratic leaders that Trump was yukking it up with on Wednesday
‘Not too happy — because you can never be too happy — but they were happy enough. And it was nice to see that happen for a change because that hasn’t happened for a long time in this country — for a very long time,’ he claimed.
This morning, it was back to politics as usual, though, with Trump’s campaign dropping an ad that blasted the very same Democratic leaders that the president was yukking it up with on Wednesday.
Trump’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee put out a 30-second, narrated ad that stated: ‘Career politicians and the media trying to stop him. But President Trump is fighting for America.
‘Over 1 million new jobs. Companies investing billions in America. Stock market reaching all-time record highs. Our border, more secure. Cracking down on MS-13. Our economy, winning again. Americans, working again. Our country, strong again.’
In a final touch it claims, ‘Americans are saying, “Let President Trump do his job and make America great again.” ‘
A statement that accompanied the ad from Michael Glassner, executive director of Trump’s campaign, said, ‘In a very short time, President Trump has already achieved great success.
‘The President has led a growing resurgence in our economy, creating over one million new jobs, and he has demonstrated a new brand of leadership, changing how America confronts challenges in the world,’ he said.
Glassner went on to say that the campaign committee is ‘pleased to showcase a few of President Trump’s achievements’ as it claimed victory already on tax cut legislation.’
Trump’s approval rating has never reached the 50 percent water mark or higher as long as he’s been in office and now hovers at or below 38 percent, his monthly high.
The last time Trump had an approval rating over 40 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll was June 22.
It’s remained stagnant even as Trump hopped to on hurricane efforts. His White House has been putting the screws on Congress to give him some legislative victories that will help boost his ratings.