WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expressing his frustration with Republicans, saying they “do very little to protect their President.”
The president isn’t making clear exactly why he’s upset. But his tweet comes as Republicans in the Senate struggle to come together on a bill to overhaul President Barack Obama‘s health care law.
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Trump has had a complicated relationship with the Republican Party, but GOP lawmakers have continued to be generally supportive of the president, even as his approval ratings slip.
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