Trump, Mitch McConnell Clash In Oval Office Over Where They Are [View all]

WASHINGTON—In a heated exchange that laid bare a growing schism at the highest levels of Republican leadership, President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly clashed in the Oval Office Thursday over the question of where they were, with McConnell insisting they were at church and Trump maintaining with increasing irritation that they were on “my beautiful airplane” or, at other times, “my beautiful golf course.”

According to White House sources, the confrontation began shortly after the 84-year-old former Senate Republican leader entered the Oval Office, looked around the room, and commented, “Looks like we’re early for the Easter service.” Trump, who had spent the previous few minutes poking the wall in an effort to press the flight-attendant call button, is said to have taken offense at McConnell’s remark and told him to stop undermining the party line by claiming they were in a chapel when they were “clearly on the fairway of one of [his] golf courses.” The president then reportedly gestured toward a grandfather clock and introduced it as his caddy, Peter.

Sources confirmed the long-tenured senator doubled down on his stance that they were in a church by loudly singing the hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” only to be drowned out by Trump repeatedly shouting “Fore!” while swinging around the briefcase containing the nuclear codes. Tensions later cooled when McConnell froze up and stared off blankly for several minutes and Trump fell asleep atop the Resolute desk.

After aides managed to stir the GOP leaders from their respective stupors, the pair appeared to resolve their differences, cordially shaking one another’s hands and smiling, with McConnell saying, “It’s an honor to finally meet you, Mr. President,” and Trump replying, “Yes, I am the president. Who are you?”

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