Trump 'deputized' this MAGA senator to meet with Dems as GOP panics over shutdown: report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " "I would like to see a deal made for great health care," Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, adding that he had been in talks with Democrats.
56% : The report further noted that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Tuesday he had spoken with Trump "at length" and reiterated that reopening the government should come first. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), meanwhile, acknowledged "ongoing conversations" but showed signs of frustration with the president's messaging.
52% : "Not a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!"
50% : Asked about it Tuesday, Trump offered a murky answer: "For the most part, we're going to take care of our people, but for some people they don't deserve to be taken care of."
50% : But Trump and Vought have largely ignored that plan, opting instead to pursue broader political goals -- from punishing the federal bureaucracy to letting premiums spike in Democratic-leaning districts.
50% : But with Trump now actively engaging in his own strategy and Republicans still at odds over the next move, a resolution remains elusive.
44% : Johnson and Thune have pressed to delay health care negotiations until the government is open, while Trump's interest in negotiating with Democrats -- particularly over Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire -- has opened a new front in the standoff.
35% : According to the report, behind closed doors, aides say the White House and Capitol Hill Republicans have repeatedly clashed over strategy, often without coordination. Much of the tension is said to stem from hardline tactics pushed by Trump's budget chief, Russ Vought, who has championed measures targeting blue-state spending and federal worker protections -- gambits that have not moved Democrats but have drawn GOP leaders into awkward defensive postures.

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