Trump finds an unlikely partner: Chuck Schumer
The two New Yorkers have spoken at length about legislation and appointments in a series of phone calls.
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Privately, the soon-to-be Senate minority leader has opened up a back channel of communication with Trump and, according to Democrats who have spoken with Schumer since the election, he views Trump as someone he can try to maneuver.
Multiple sources said the two have spoken at length about legislation and appointments, in a series of phone calls that began with Trump phoning Schumer the morning after Election Day, to express hope that the two could work together.
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On Friday morning, at a breakfast hosted by the Partnership for New York City at Morgan Stanley in Manhattan, Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner appeared at a back-to-back panel with Schumer, according to a source in the room. There, Kushner agreed with the New York senator that the president-elect was closer to Schumer than to McConnell when it came to infrastructure spending plans.
Schumer, for his part, said that Democrats screwed up during the election in part because they need to move closer to Trump on trade. ...