President Trump is still on his victory lap after the passing of his bill. This time, he was making a speech at the White House, picking House Majority Leader Steve Scalise specifically for praise, but he quickly went off on a tangent about how his wife is the “right kind of wife” because she showed concern when he was shot, unlike other wives, while Melania Trump stood right next to him.
Donald Trump’s awkward familial relationship with Melania has been subject to debate and rumors, with some even claiming it caused his fallout with Harvard. But his relationship with Steve Scalise is clearer and perhaps more transactional so his praise makes sense. In his defense of Trump’s megabill, Scalise wrote an article defending himself from the barrage, saying that ultimately he supported the bill because of tax cuts and “much-needed resources to hire more ICE and Border Patrol agents.” He did not, however, mention anything about the much-discussed effect it will have on the national deficit or Medicaid.
