Reunited? Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell aides talk about possible McConnell endorsement of Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Yet as recently as last week, Trump said he expects to receive McConnell's endorsement.
67% : During a Fox News town hall in Greenville, S.C., Trump noted that several McConnell allies in the Senate have already endorsed him: "Almost, you know, getting close to the entire Senate ...
62% : "Yet Trump himself discussed the potential endorsement during the South Carolina primary campaign, saying he expects a McConnell endorsement soon despite their disputes over the years.
33% : "I don't know what his status would be," Trump said.
21% : "That may or may not apply for McConnell who remains the highest-ranking Republican who has not yet endorsed Trump - and the pair have had a famously icy relationship.
17% : Trump's election protests leading up to Jan. 6 were "a disgraceful dereliction of duty," McConnell said after the trial, and there was no question that Trump "is practically and morally responsible for provoking" the violence of that day.
13% : WASHINGTON - Associates to Donald Trump and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell have had conversations about a possible endorsement of the former president - a move that would be a sharp about-face for McConnell, who denounced Trump in scathing terms after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
13% : Trump and McConnell have not even spoken since 2020, and have frequently attacked each other in public.
12% : After Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, McConnell delivered a scathing speech saying "the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.
11% : Trump has attacked McConnell for what he calls a lack of loyalty.
10% : McConnell all but blamed Trump for the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, although the Kentucky Republican also voted to acquit the former president of impeachment charges related to that violent effort to block the election of President Joe Biden.
8% : His attacks have included racist comments about McConnell's wife Elaine Chao, who served Trump as Commerce Secretary but resigned in the wake of the Jan. 6 violence.
3% : "Trump has also criticized McConnell, and during last week's town hall that "I don't know that I can work with him."Asked during the Fox News town hall what role McConnell might play in a second term, Trump speculated the Senate GOP leader might relinquish his title.

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