The future of tax reform could be in jeopardy after Trump struck a deal with the Democrats, leaving GOP blindsided VIDEO
The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, said that President Donald Trump is “annoyed” with top Republican leaders. However, Republicans felt blindsided by Trump’s deal with the Democrats, and could jeopardize the future of passing tax reform — which Trump demanded happens swiftly. “Is he annoyed at [Republican] leadership, yeah, I think he probably is, ” Mulvaney said on Fox Business Network, to The Hill. “And believe me, as a Republican, so am I.” “I was promised that they would have repealed and replaced ObamaCare by now, ” Mulvaney added. “To the extent that the president was annoyed by that is simply reflecting many of the people of this country.” Congressional Republicans and the president appear to be at a crossroads after Trump with Democratic leaders earlier in the week to provide immediate aid for Hurricane Harvey, and raise the debt ceiling for three months, which keeps the government running until December 9. Staunch conservatives were strongly against a “clean” raise, and wanted to also include spending cuts, the opposite of what Trump’s deal accomplished. The president’s decision left a bad taste in the mouth of Republicans, who said on Friday that tax reform has become more complicated. “He saw a deal and wanted the deal, and it just happened to be completely against what we were pushing for, ” a GOP aide the Washington Post, who claimed the president made a momentary decision. “This kind of creates complications relative to tax reform, ” said Pennyslvania Rep. Ryan Costello, to Reuters. “It seems to me that there’s an element of unpredictability from one issue to the next and this week is sort of a reflection of that.”
