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At White House, a Day of Contradictions

The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website February 6, 2018:

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly waits to speak as Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders introduces him in October. The two offered different opinions of whether the president can extend his own deadline on the DACA program. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Senior White House officials — from President Donald Trump on down — again on Tuesday contradicted one another and struggled to express clear messages as key deadlines approach.

Would Trump really shutter the government this week unless a bipartisan immigration deal is in place? Depends on who is speaking.

Does he possess the legal authority to extend a March 5 deadline he gave Congress for passing legislation to legalize the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program? Depends on whom you ask.

From Trump to Chief of Staff John Kelly to Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, senior White House officials offered sometimes diametrically opposed answers about the chief executive’s views on pressing issues. Continue reading “At White House, a Day of Contradictions”