President Trump Slams GOP Establishment Over Filibuster Rule: “It’s A Republican Death Wish”

Republicans, sorry, but I've been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn't happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017

Shortly after former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon told Politico that Washington’s ‘Republican establishment,’ including the top GOP leaders in both houses of Congress, ‘is trying to nullify the 2016 election,” President Trump took to Twitter to explain why he did the deal with ‘Chuck and Nancy’, shunning the GOP…
So, Trump is clearly still upset about congress not lifting the filibuster rule – and perhaps did the Chuck-and-Nancy deal to ‘punish’ Reps, whose actions appear to confirm Bannon’s view that more traditional Republicans are looking to undermine President Donald Trump…
‘I think Mitch McConnell, and to a degree, Paul Ryan. They do not want Donald Trump’s populist, economic nationalist agenda to be implemented,’ Bannon replied.
‘It’s obvious as night follows day is what they’re trying to do.’

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 8, 2017.