First Read: Trump Gets His Payback Against McConnell and Ryan

Trump Gets His Payback Against McConnell and Ryan

From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

By itself, President Trump cutting yesterday’s spending/hurricane relief/debt-limit deal with congressional Democratic leaders shouldn’t have been too surprising to observers. (After all, the move was exactly what some EXPECTED Trump’s presidency to be.) But when you combine it with Trump’s past grievances against Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – as well as the news that Trump is unlikely to make top economic adviser Gary Cohn the next Fed chair – it becomes pretty clear that Wednesday was Trump’s day of payback for August.

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