Thursday aboard Air Force One after a trip to Florida, President Donald Trump said of his reported deal with Democratic Congressional leaders on immigration that “many Republicans” really like it.
Trump said, “Well, many Republicans really like it. As you know, I was with a great Republican representative just now who you know very well, and — two of them, and they are very, very happy with what I’m doing. And I’m a Republican through and through, but I’m also finding that sometimes to get things through it’s not working that way. And you know, we got very poorly treated on the health care plan, and now you see what’s happening where people are going single payer— exactly what I said would happen. And single payer would be a terrible thing for our country. So look my relationship with the Republicans is excellent. Many of them agree with what I’m doing.”
He continued, “We just met with two great Republican representatives who love what I’m doing. But we have to get things passed. If we can’t get things passed, then we have to go a different route, but we have to get things passed. You covered my statement very accurately on the dinner last night. And, you know, they cannot obstruct for a wall because we definitely need a wall.”
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