While Donald Trump looks weak when Iran and Israel go to battle, a Republican senator had a surprising story that he shared with the American people, although not in the way he intended.
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Hawley meant it as a defense of Trump when he told CNN’s Manu Raju:
I walked through it with him and he said, oh, wow, that’s very surprising. He said, I am surprised that they have made all these changes to the extent they made. I said, I’m that too. He was really clear two weeks ago for the Senate Republicans. Do not touch anything else on Medicaid. Take the house frame, tweak if necessary, but do nothing else.
And this senate framework real, it differs from its framework for a long time.
Hawley, who opposes Medicaid cuts, tried to use the story to show the idea that the Senate did not want changes that Trump did not want, but the story also paints a picture of a president who does not lead the ship and seems to have no idea what is going on with what his characteristic legislation is.
