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Вчера Мэддоу рассказывала про ссору Трампа с лидером республиканского большинства в Сенате Митчем Макконнеллом. По информации New York Times, ссора произошла не только из-за того, что Макконнелл не смог пробить отмену Obamacare, но и потому, что он отказался прикрутить сенатское расследование Рашагейта.

During the call, which Mr. Trump initiated on Aug. 9 from his New Jersey golf club, the president accused Mr. McConnell of bungling the health care issue. He was even more animated about what he intimated was the Senate leader’s refusal to protect him from investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Republicans briefed on the conversation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-trump.html

CNN уточняет, что Трамп был также недоволен санкциями против России.

Sources with knowledge of the August 9 call said the exchange quickly devolved into a shouting match as an irate Trump expressed his frustrations about the congressional investigation into Russian interference with the US election last year and fumed about a Russia sanctions bill Congress passed that would tie Trump's hands on the matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-trump-relationship/index.html



Сегодня Politico сообщает, что кроме Макконнелла Трамп пытался надавить на других республиканских сенаторов, связанных с антироссийскими санкциями и с расследованием Рашагейта.

Trump expressed frustration over a bipartisan bill sanctioning Russia and tried to convince Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that it wasn't good policy, according to three people familiar with the call. Trump argued that the legislation was unconstitutional and said it would damage his presidency. Corker was unrelenting, these people said, and told Trump the bill was going to pass both houses with bipartisan support. "He was clearly frustrated," one person said of Trump’s call with Corker earlier this month. The bill cleared Congress overwhelmingly last month and Trump grudgingly signed it on Aug. 2.  <...>
Trump dialed up Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Aug. 7, two days before a blunt call with the Senate majority leader that spilled over into a public feud. Tillis is working with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on a bill designed to protect Robert Mueller, the independent counsel investigating the president's Russia connections, from any attempt by Trump to fire him. The Mueller bill came up during the Tillis-Trump conversation, according to a source briefed on the call — the latest signal of the president's impatience with GOP senators' increasing declarations of independence from his White House. Trump was unhappy with the legislation and didn't want it to pass, one person familiar with the call said.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/23/trump-senate-yell-phone-calls-241950

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