President Trump has privately directed White House aides to look into what he might be able to do via executive action on guns in Congress is not able to reach a bipartisan solution, the New York Times reported.
It’s one of several options the President has been mulling behind-the-scenes in recent days, since the two shooting massacres over the weekend that left more than 30 people dead. Trump’s reportedly been in contact with National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre, who has already indicated publicly that he wouldn’t support any legislation that “unfairly infringes” on gun owner’s right. According to the Times, in the call, Trump was testing whether the NRA’s “clout in blocking gun legislation is ebbing.”
Trump’s also been in communication with close allies as well as political opponents — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — about the odds of Congress being able to pass some form of bipartisan background check legislation. Schumer and Pelosi want to bring the Senate back in session to vote on a bill that already passed the House.
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That’s according to Maggie Haberman.
She may be right but … caveat lector.
Puh leeze. If he backs down in the face of a nasty look, just imagine how quick he’ll fold when they point gun (owners) at him.
I’ve seen this movie before.
I’ll continue to believe nothing until something concrete happens.
The rest is just, well, a lot of this …
There is one rule with Trump. He will do what’s good for Trump (or what he believes is good for Trump). He is not loyal to the NRA or anyone other than Trump.
The thing is, if there was an Reagan-like assassination attempt on Cheatolini, you can absolutely, positively, 150% count on there being an executive order the very next day banning all kinds of stuff, Wayne LaPierre and the NRA be damned.
But the Secret Service does its job (generally pretty) well, so…we get to put up with the dithering until someone with a backbone gets into the White House.