Trump seemed notably warmer than some of his staff on the possibility of avoiding blunt budget cuts.
President Donald Trump left a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday morning seemingly open to a deal with Democrats to raise the budget caps that will cause strict spending cuts in the fall, according to three people familiar with the matter.
While Trump did not commit to anything, the president is notably warmer than some of his staff on the possibility of avoiding blunt budget cuts in the fall that will hit if there’s no new fiscal deal, the sources said. McConnell (R-Ky.) laid out the need to do a caps deal and the president seemed receptive, they said.
