Senate Minority Leader and periodically malfunctioning animatron Mitch McConnell told USA Today the 237-pound (yeah, right) Golden Lion Tamarin in the room has been undermining his efforts to get the Senate to pass legislation to get aid money for Ukraine.
Calling Trump the “likely nominee,” McConnell said Trump’s interference has made negotiations “doubly challenging” because of Trump’s ongoing revenge campaign against those who he believes betrayed him, like the entire country of Ukraine because of Trump’s first impeachment.
Trump doesn’t want any progress on any legislation, believing that grinding Washington to a halt will launch him back into the White House. “He’s very influential, there’s no denying that,” McConnell said. “He’s got the biggest following among Republicans in the country – he’s certainly been in the process of demonstrating that.”