All the Sycophantic Compliments Republicans Gave Trump Today

On Wednesday, Congress passed the first major piece of legislation of the Trump presidency — a giant, permanent tax cut for corporations, paired with modest, temporary tax cuts for middle-class Americans. When House speaker Paul Ryan was asked Wednesday to explain the role that President Trump had played in the law’s passage, he replied, “He was very good on this … He just realized being more disciplined and letting the tax writers get this deal done was the best way to go.”

In other words: Trump’s chief contribution to the tax-cut law was letting Congress write the bill for him, with minimal interference.....
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