White House Watch: On Spending, Trump Breaks with Previous GOP Administrations

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White House Watch: On Spending, Trump Breaks with Previous GOP Administrations

By John T. Bennett

Posted March 3, 2017 at 5:28pm

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White House Correspondent John T. Bennett gives two examples of how the President Donald Trump White House is separating itself from recent presidencies’ work with Congress.

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