Trump, McConnell meet after monthlong standoff

[DonViejo]

By JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT 09/06/2017 10:59 AM EDT

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met privately on Tuesday in a bid to repair their badly frayed relationship, according to sources familiar with the meeting.

Trump and McConnell huddled privately for roughly 20 minutes ahead of a larger gathering of Republican leaders and officials working on tax reform.

The meeting was an apparent attempt to clear the air after a contentious August recess between the two, mostly fueled by the Senate's failure to repeal Obamacare.

McConnell said the president suffered from "excessive expectations," prompting Trump to attack McConnell over the Obamacare repeal vote in July and to demand the GOP leader change the Senate's filibuster rules. Trump even suggested that McConnell may need to be replaced as the Senate Republican leader if Congress is not able to complete work on a tax-reform package.

McConnell's office declined to comment on his session with Trump.

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[Iliyah]

1. Two assholes in the same room