In an Oval Office meeting featuring leaders of conservative groups that already lining up against House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump revealed his plan in the event the GOP effort doesn’t succeed: Allow Obamacare to fail and let Democrats take the blame, sources at the gathering told CNN.
“I don’t envy Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Coats," he says.
After White House promises to go all out to pass the House repeal bill, Trump offers to negotiate with conservative critics after a rocky roll out earlier this week.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday cast aside the playbook of cut-and-dry condemnations of national security leaks and instead framed his response along political lines.
Campaign leaders knew in advance of Carter Page’s Russia visit in July 2016, former aide says.