Trump knocks Mulvaney for casting doubt on chances of infrastructure deal

Trump in a new interview chided acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney for throwing cold water on the chances of completing an infrastructure deal with Democrats.

In an interview on "The Next Revolution" on Fox News, host Steve Hilton noted Mulvaney's skeptical comments coincided with a meeting late last month between Trump and Democratic leaders at the White House.

"If Mick Mulvaney said that then he has no right to say that," Trump said. "He tells me didn’t say that, and he didn’t mean it. He said it’s going to be hard to finance."

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Mulvaney was asked during an appearance at a Milken Institute conference in California last month about the prospects of an infrastructure package coming to fruition.

"Do I think there’s an interest in doing it? Yes. Do I think there’s probably more interest, especially on the Democrats' part, to make a show for trying to get a deal? Yeah," Mulvaney said.

Mulvaney indicated that he had expressed reservations to Trump about the viability of an infrastructure deal bearing fruit before he left office. He pointed to government regulations that lengthen the process and argued Democrats would be unwilling to eliminate those rules.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/444307-trump-knocks-mulvaney-for-casting-doubt-on-chances-of-infrastructure

Honesty has no place in the Trump administration.