Stirewalt: ‘There Is a Fundamental Disagreement’ Between the GOP and the Trump Populists

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PERINO: "So let’s continue to talk about that meeting that happened at the White House where they are talking about politics. Because while they wanted to celebrate the big tax reform effort, they really do have to start planning ahead, because all indications right now are that the Democrats are doing very well at least on the generic ballot, but now, at least the president gets to go home on a high note having just signed tax reform before he left."
STIREWALT: "Well there is a fundamental disagreement here. We have sort of what's been described, I think rightly, as a coalition government between the Republican Party and the Trump populists. The two of them put things together before the Republican convention in 2016, went on for the most shocking political upset of my lifetime, and we watched as they try to govern together with hits and misses, right? You had a very rough beginning of the year, it was tough sledding for the Trump White House as they struggled with even basic stuff. But at the same time, how do you keep contact with the energy that propelled Trump into office if you are selling out, quote/unquote 'selling out' in favor of the Republican establishment, even though it is the Republican establishment that delivered the win."