But people close to both men are working behind the scenes to make bygones of the enmity between them & to pave the way for a critical #endorsement of TFG by the one #Republican congressional ldr who has yet to offer one, acc/to 3 people familiar w/both teams’….
Assuming it happens, #McConnell’s #endorsement of #Trump would have enormous symbolic value to Trump, giving him the embrace of the last holdout of #Republican#power whose rejection of him represents the final patch of unconquered territory in Trump’s march to the party’s 2024 presidential nomination.
The secretive conversations between the #Trump & #McConnell camps have been happening between key advisers to both men who have known & worked w/each other for >20 yrs: Chris LaCivita, a top campaign adviser to Trump, & Josh Holmes, a confidant & longtime #political strategist for McConnell.