Donald Trump has to realize he will face vitriol in Washington, D.C. because the people who are against him do not want change – they want this wheeling and dealing with the corruption to continue.  They will criticize him no matter what he talks about.  They have a lot to lose and will continue to rag on him and the media joins in.

That is what I like about Trump – he doesn’t stand for their ragging and lets them know when he doesn’t like something they say.  Also, if he is elected, he is going to put their A$$ES to work and earn their pay for a change –  which is something they haven’t done in years.

Donald Trump arrives at RNC headquarters for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans, July 7 in Washington, D.C. Later in the day Trump is scheduled to meet with Senate Republicans.    Trump paying first visit to GOP rank-and-file…

Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill on Thursday to build and reinforce bridges with members of Congress less than two weeks before the Republican National Convention. Instead, he burned some to the ground.

(Another good example of media ragging – always negative.)

During a closed-door meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill, Trump admonished three of them who were not backing him as the presumptive GOP nominee. He characterized Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois as a loser and singled out Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska for opposing him, according to officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges.

The sharpest confrontation came with Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. “You’ve been very critical of me,” Trump said after Flake introduced himself.

“Yes, I’m the other senator from Arizona — the one who didn’t get captured — and I want to talk to you about statements like that,” Flake responded, referring to Trump’s dismissal of Sen. John McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

(Flake was very rude and I hope when he is up for election that the people reject him.  People like Flake are not trying to get along because they know their gravy train will end and they will have to go to work if Trump is elected cause they certainly haven’t done anything for years for the voters.)

Trump responded that he has yet to attack Flake hard but threatened to begin doing so. He also predicted Flake would lose reelection; Flake informed him he was not on the ballot this year.

Amid these and other combative exchanges, Trump made some progress with one holdout: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. After they held a separate meeting, Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said that while there was no talk of an endorsement, Trump asked Cruz to speak at the convention and he agreed to do so.

Republican leaders had hoped Trump would project polish and party unity. Instead, he has spent much of his time picking a series of personal fights with fellow Republicans and the media that have overshadowed his attempts to draw favorable contrasts with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

(It goes to show you they don’t like Trump because he stands up to these wet noodles.)

“Just leaving D.C. Had great meetings with Republicans in the House and Senate,” Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon, giving no hint of the conflict that unfolded. “Very interesting day! These are people who love our country!”

Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign’s chairman and senior strategist, attended the meeting and disputed the portrayal of it as contentious. In a statement to The Washington Post, Manafort said, “Today’s meeting was positive and productive and these characterizations, attributed to unnamed sources, are wholly inaccurate.” He said attendees were in “total agreement” with Trump about the need to unify the party.

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