“Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest allies are privately counseling him to try to block a onetime Republican nemesis from becoming the Senate majority leader, pushing him to impose his will more forcefully on an already compliant GOP Congress,” the New York Times reports.
“Those advisers believe Mr. Trump should stop Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican, from winning the top post… One person close to the president-elect noted that he had not weighed in on the race.”
“Doing so would be an extraordinary move even for Mr. Trump, who during his first term and since he has left office has had an iron grip on congressional Republicans. He has demanded and almost always received loyalty from them on matters of policy and personnel.”
