President Donald Trump began his Saturday as he has many weekend mornings when he is not playing golf: on Twitter, casting blame elsewhere for the setbacks of the week.
.. It’s not the first time Trump has suggested ending the legislative filibuster — and it’s something Senate Republicans have immediately dismissed when he has raised the idea in the past. In May, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that ending the legislative filibuster was flat out “not going to happen.” Republican Sen. John Kennedy added at the time: “I’m not going to support a change in rules. The Founding Fathers set it up this way.”But for Trump, the legislative process was the scapegoat for his biggest legislative setback to date