WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell need each other.
Trump can’t enact his agenda without McConnell. McConnell may not have a majority to lead without Trump’s help.
The strangest bedfellows in Washington are locked in an increasingly public and personal feud that defies conventional wisdom. The escalating tension between the two men is threatening the GOP’s re-election prospects and its ability to govern.
It has erupted at a high-stakes moment for the Republican Party, which is facing the prospect of a government shutdown – and the possibility it may fail to enact any major legislation during its first year in complete control of Washington.