Trump gets cozy with Democrats, and Republicans say 'I told you so'

[DonViejo]

The president successfully reached across the aisle, reminding leaders in the GOP why they never trusted him in the first place.

By ELIANA JOHNSON, BURGESS EVERETT and HEATHER CAYGLE 09/07/2017 08:00 PM EDT

Just like that, he went from “Cryin’ Chuck” to the president’s pal “Chuck,” and she went from an “incompetent” shepherd of House Democrats who has “done a terrible job” to just “Nancy.”

That’s how President Donald Trump was referring to the country’s top Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, moments after striking a not-so-grand bargain with them that funds the government and raises its borrowing limit through mid-December.

The president has made clear he has little interest in leading the Republican Party — whether that means acting to defend its majorities or serving as its ideological ballast. He’s insulted the GOP’s previous presidential nominees and railed against lawmakers on whose reelection its congressional majorities depend.

Trump tends to govern more by sentiment than by substance, and he likes Schumer and Pelosi more than House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who have stomached him but never done a good job disguising the fact that he makes them nauseous.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/07/trumps-dealmaking-weakens-gop-242469

[Trust Buster]

1. He did not get cozy with Democrats. A debt ceiling hike and hurricane relief was required.