President Trump has gotten a hard lesson from his first legislative debacle: Leadership takes more than being able to close a deal. “I hope that Trump is going to learn from this that he has no choice except to be the chief legislator,” said former House speaker Newt Gingrich. But Trump provided little by way of specifics on how he intended to do that, beyond vague and sometimes contradictory statements. We learned a lot about loyalty,” Trump said after the decision to put the bill in limbo. With 237 votes in the House, Republicans have few to spare.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2017 23:10 UTC