Trump To Meet With Paul Ryan, Business Leaders On Monday

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., pose for photographers after a meeting in the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. For eight years... FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., pose for photographers after a meeting in the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. For eight years, a leaderless Republican Party has rallied around its passionate opposition to President Barack Obama and a rigid devotion to small government, free markets and fiscal discipline. No more. On the eve of his inauguration, Donald Trump is remaking the Republican Party in his image, casting aside decades of Republican orthodoxy for a murky populist agenda that sometimes clashes with core conservative beliefs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump will start off his week by meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and leaders in the business community on Monday, according to the daily guidance released by the White House on Sunday night.

Trump will begin his day at a breakfast with business leaders, and later on Monday the President will meet with union leaders. In the evening, he will meet with Ryan.

He will also sign executive orders on Monday morning, though it’s not yet clear which actions he will take.

Trump’s presidency took off with a bombastic start on Saturday, when he visited the headquarters of the CIA. In front of career CIA employees he criticized during the campaign, Trump touted his intelligence, railed against the media, and discussed the size of the crowds at his inauguration. Later on Saturday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer falsely claimed that Trump’s inauguration had “largest audience ever to witness an inauguration” and accused the press of purposefully misrepresenting turnout at the swearing-in.

Trump struck a different tone on Sunday during a ceremony to swear in senior members of his White House staff. He mentioned the tornadoes that hit Georgia over the weekend and pledged that his presidency was not about “ideology” or “party” but about “serving the American people.”

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  1. If he wants to serve the American people, he can start by immediately returning to Dumblefuck Tower and jumping off the top of it.

  2. He’ll be “serving the American people” all right – one big heaping super-sized plate of steaming hot bullshit.

  3. Surely he means “servicing” the American people?

  4. What happens when mythical legendary business success meets mythical legendary legislative acuity?

  5. meeting is to pass out the marching orders and make sure everyone is on the same page…

    and to make sure they understand that dissension will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly and severely…

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