Gradually, Mitch McConnell came to agree with the administration. “If he were to be elected, he would immediately have an Ethics Committee case, and the committee would take a look at the situation and give us advice.”
President Trump has earned a reputation for going against the advice of his confidants and aides. Ivanka Trump reportedly pleaded with her father not to endorse him. Of course, the opposite happened.
But also weighing in Trump’s mind was the fate of the tax reform bill. With Senate so closely split, the GOP can’t realistically afford to lose a seat to a Democrat. Doing so would almost surely doom the legislation. Trump was clearly conscious of this, knowing that his party can’t bare another legislative self-defeat like Obamacare.
