Trump Calls Paul Ryan a 'Boy Scout' and Can't Make Small Talk With Mitch McConnell

Copper · 09-16-2017, 12:17 PM

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No wonder Donald Trump invited the Democrats to dinner.

The president has such a poor "personal connection" with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill that reportedly he can't even make small talk with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and finds Paul Ryan a dry "boy scout" with whom he can only exchange pleasantries, sources told Politico Friday.

The revelations come as Trump continues to enjoy positive press coverage from his bi-partisan, deal-making dinner Wednesday night with Sen. Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a "Chuck and Nancy" show that was "almost uncomfortable," a source told Politico, because of how friendly Trump was with his liberal besties from the elite coasts.

"Schumer just talks to him. You get Mitch and Paul in here, and they're trying to explain this or that, and there is no personal connection,” the White House source said.

The lack of connection is clear to anyone who watches the president's Twitter stream. Last month, he blamed McConnell—whose wife, Elaine Chao, is in the cabinet—for the collapse of Republican efforts to eliminate Obamacare.

"Mitch McConnell, who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done," Trump tweeted.

Last year, he derided Ryan as "a man who doesn't know how to win."

Calls to McConnell and Ryan's offices were not immediately returned.

This week, Republican leadership has been attempting to downplay the Democratic Party’s growing influence in the White House ever since the president’s productive bipartisan meetings kicked off last week.

"I think the President understands he’s going to have to work with the legislative majority," Ryan said Thursday.

Asked if the Republican-held Congress would bring Trump’s DACA deal with Democrats to a vote, the House speaker told reporters he would "get consensus with our members,” noting his refusal to "negotiate through the media."

But Trump and the Democrats are happy to do just that.

"The press has been incredible," Trump exclaimed the day after he struck the deal with Schumer and Pelosi that will keep the federal government operating and provide billions in hurricane aid relief and prevent action against some immigrants after Trump ended the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

"I was telling my colleagues, ‘This is what I asked the president to do,' and boom boom boom, the tweet appeared," Pelosi told reporters Sept. 8.

Schumer, who also hails from New York City, has maintained an acquaintanceship with Trump for years, long before his days in Washington when he was a famous Manhattan billionaire.

Now the president says he will work with the Democrats on such issues as tax reform and immigration reform—two areas where he appears willing to enrage his base.

"I think we will have a different relationship than we've been watching over the last number of years. I hope so," Trump said last week. "I think that's what the people of the United States want to see. They want to see some dialogue."

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PhelonOne87 · 09-16-2017, 12:23 PM

I hope their tension doesn't cause issues with our votes needed ..... SMH

ceaguila · 09-16-2017, 12:27 PM

Let's be real, what happened at the dinner was absolutely true and all outlets that reported confirmed it and the next morning on his tweets he didn't denied it and basically said it was true.

The backlash that came after is what's causing the whole problem right now. He has no core ideology and beliefs and is swayed by who he talked to last and just wants good press..this article that came out yesterday explains it

https://www.axios.com/trumps-new-wor..._term=politics

RedBlueGreen · 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ceaguila

Let's be real, what happened at the dinner was absolutely true and all outlets that reported confirmed it and the next morning on his tweets he didn't denied it and basically said it was true.

The backlash that came after is what's causing the whole problem right now. He has no core ideology and beliefs and is swayed by who he talked to last and just wants good press..this article that came out yesterday explains it

https://www.axios.com/trumps-new-wor..._term=politics

Precisely, instead of seeing this as a good thing, the media decided that making it about Trump going back on his word was a bigger story. Now they've completely moved on and left us in a horrible position.

year2010 · 09-16-2017, 12:32 PM

That’s why I’m glad Kelly is there, hoping that, it is he who has the last word with Trump, let him know that ppl do want DA to happen.

eva02 · 09-16-2017, 12:32 PM

Who cares, he'll be itching to sign anything when the 3rd repeal and replace fails, tax reform goes mute, and they can't pass a budget deal.

nationalsfan · 09-16-2017, 10:32 PM

Why would he get along with an Ayn Rand groupie and a boring party man like Mitch, when he's always wanted to be accepted in New York and Hollywood?

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