Trump is also viewed as a critical asset as the GOP seeks to retain House and Senate majorities in November. The remark about McCain last week by communications aide Kelly Sadler have been condemned by numerous Senate Republicans. Indeed, Trump’s visit with Senate Republicans comes during a relatively calm time in the relationship between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. The president also thanked Senate Republicans for their well-wishes for his wife, Melania, who was hospitalized Monday for a “benign kidney condition” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Before his meeting with Senate Republicans in October, Trump and Corker, the Foreign Relations Committee chairman, had been locked in a weeks-long feud, with Corker accusing Trump of “debasing” the country just hours before Trump arrived at the Capitol for lunch.

Source: Washington Post May 15, 2018 21:27 UTC