'The good ship Trump has sprung a leak': GOP lawmakers battling president as his re-election....

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‘The good ship Trump has sprung a leak’: GOP lawmakers battling president as his re-election looks doomed

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/the-good-ship-trump-has-sprung-a-leak-gop-lawmakers-battling-president-as-his-re-election-looks-doomed/


According to a report from the Washington Post’s Philip Rucker, Donald Trump’s continued changes in direction on what he wants to do — which changes from day to day — has some advisers upset as his re-election campaign slowly collapses.

The report notes that the president did a turnaround about wearing masks during the COVID-19 health crisis this past week, throwing aside weeks of soft-selling it to the public, and now he can’t seem to make up his mind about what should be included in the next round of coronavirus aid aimed at propping up the economy.

In particular, the president had been adamant about a payroll tax cut as a centerpiece of the package — and now he has abandoned it after getting push-back from members of his own party.

Writing, “For Trump, this has been a week of retreat,” Rucker added, “The president has been the one backing down from long-held positions in the face of resistance from fellow Republicans or popular opposition, scrambling to resurrect his reelection campaign while the coronavirus continues to ravage the nation.”

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1. Direct link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-week-of-retreat-the-president-reverses-course-as-the-coronavirus-surges-out-of-control/2020/07/24/bf680c2c-cdc2-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_trumpretreat-950am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans