Trump predicts GOP will work with Dems 'for the good of the country'
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 12/22/2017 08:55 AM EST
President Donald Trump suggested Friday that Republicans and Democrats who have been at odds over nearly every major policy issue this year might soon come together on an infrastructure plan “for the good of the country.”
“At some point, and for the good of the country, I predict we will start working with the Democrats in a Bipartisan fashion,” the president wrote on Twitter Friday morning. “Infrastructure would be a perfect place to start. After having foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country!”
A massive infrastructure package has been on Trump’s to-do list since last year’s presidential campaign and is the policy goal where he is most likely to find cooperation from Democrats, at least in theory. But Trump has spent much of the year bashing members of the opposing party over his efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare and pass a package of tax cuts, as well as over the ongoing Russia investigation, which he has described as a hoax created by Democrats to excuse Hillary Clinton’s loss in last year’s election.
While the White House has yet to come forward with its plan – Trump administration officials have said they plan to release a list of principles sometime before the president’s state of the union address next month – early indications point to a wide gap between what the White House is expected to propose, $200 billion in federal spending paired with state and local money as well as private investment, and the $1 trillion in new infrastructure that Democrats have suggested.
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What a bunch of sorry fucks.
