Trump in charge - if he can corral unruly Republicans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "I like one big, beautiful bill and I always have, I always will," Trump told reporters on Tuesday.
56% : The Republican rank-and-file reveres Trump's "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) agenda of tax cuts, tough border controls and boosted fossil fuel production, but long-simmering disagreements on how to get it into law are starting to boil over.
54% : But House Republicans worry that, with their threadbare and fractious majority, they will only get one swing at this -- and that renewing Trump's fast-expiring 2017 tax cuts will fall by the wayside if it is peeled off from immigration reform.- 'Big, beautiful bill' -Trump muddied the waters in his inimitable style by flip-flopping on his own preference.
49% : A dinner is planned at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday with Republican governors -- heavyweight, largely independent-minded politicians needed by Trump to execute his program at a state level -- and various lawmakers are dropping by on Saturday.
44% : Top MAGA policy aides have argued that a piecemeal approach would allow Trump to notch a straightforward early win on border security without having to get bogged down in more contentious fights.
44% : Trump also plans a giant bash for the entire Senate Republican group in the coming weeks, US media reported.
32% : Trump has previewed other upcoming battles -- from reversing President Joe Biden's offshore drilling restrictions to acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal -- that could drag the administration into court.
30% : Having won what critics see as tacit concessions from leading press barons and tech CEOs that he can expect less friction in 2025 than he got in 2017, Trump was due in Washington on Wednesday to build trust with Senate Republicans.
26% : Trump has already demonstrated that he is not above rolling up his sleeves and wading into the fray.- Charm offensive -He micro-managed Republicans through the recent House leadership election, upbraiding lawmakers by telephone in the middle of votes for ticking the wrong box, and strategizing in daily phone calls with key players.

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