President-elect Trump on Wednesday mentioned “it doesn’t matter” whether or not Republicans on Capitol Hill sort out his prime priorities on taxes, power and the border in a single package deal or two because the get together tries to nail down its plan for the approaching months.
“We had a great meeting. There’s great unity. Whether it’s one bill or two bills, it’s going to get done one way or the other,” Trump informed reporters following a gathering with Senate Republicans Wednesday night.
“I think there’s a lot of talk about two, and there’s a lot of talk about one, but it doesn’t matter. The end result is the same,” he continued, hailing the assembly as “really unified” and “very strong.”
“We’ll get something done,” he added.
Privately, nonetheless, senators mentioned Trump expressed a robust choice for one invoice, typically pushing again on senators in the course of the assembly.
Republicans are set to have management of the Senate, Home and White Home and are aiming to move massive swaths of Trump’s agenda by way of a maneuver referred to as reconciliation, which might bypass a Senate filibuster and remove the necessity to win Democratic votes.
However there was an ongoing battle between Senate and Home GOP leaders over whether or not to divide these priorities into two packages, or attempt to move them all of sudden.
Senate Republicans have argued {that a} two-bill course of would enable the get together to attain a serious political win earlier in Trump’s time period, with a package deal that includes power and border provisions performed throughout the first two months of Trump’s inauguration.
Throughout the Capitol, Home leaders have say that with their slim margin, they could solely have one chunk on the apple and {that a} large, all-inclusive reconciliation invoice could be their finest hope for advancing the get together’s agenda.
Trump himself had brought on some confusion earlier this week, first by calling for “one powerful bill,” earlier than saying a day later that he was open to a two-bill observe.
Trump on Wednesday additionally addressed quite a few different gadgets, telling reporters that he didn’t sense any “pushback” from Senate Republicans about his calls to militarily purchase Greenland and the Panama Canal. He additionally likened Donald Trump Jr.’s latest go to to Greenland to “a lovefest.”
Denmark has maintained that the arctic nation isn’t on the market.
“What’s happened is a tragedy, and the governor has not done a good job. With that being said, I got along well with him when he was governor. We worked together very well and we would work together. I guess it looks like we’re going to be the one having to rebuild it,” he mentioned.
“But what happened there — I don’t think there’s anything that I’ve ever seen,” he added.
