Trumpworld Gloats as One-Time GOP Foes Now Bend the Knee

[DonViejo]

GOP senators now hail the man they once deemed a danger to the country and unfit for the Oval.

LACHLAN MARKAY
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
SAM STEIN

12.21.17 9:50 PM ET

Just a few short months ago, President Donald Trump publicly floated the idea that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) might have to step down due to his fecklessness.

The two had feuded repeatedly over the failure to repeal Obamacare and the Alabama Senate Republican primary. The relationship appeared in tatters.

On Wednesday afternoon, however, McConnell was there, standing next to Trump at the White House, toasting and heaping praise on the president for all his political successes.

“Let me just say, Mr. President, you made the case for the tax bill, but this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the Trump administration,” McConnell gushed. “Thank you, Mr. President, for all you’re doing.”

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[tanyev]

1. I hope that left a rotted bilious taste in your mouth, Mitch.

[Docreed2003]

2. Extraordinary Accomplishment??? Um...ok...

Who the hell do these guys think they’re fooling??

[Pope George Ringo II]

3. It's worth remembering that Republicans have a different grading system

Where the GOP of old had a serious argument that "that government governs best which governs least" built on the premise that social help is good but the government is an inefficient way of doing it, that's no longer the case. Those guys could be wrong, but they weren't necessarily simply evil.

Now they believe that the only functions of government are stopping abortion and persecuting LGBT people. If those are your standards, Trump has really been making progress.