Ryan and Bannon Forge Unexpected Alliance on Border Tax
House Speaker Paul Ryan has won over an unlikely ally to salvage his controversial tax plan: Steve Bannon.
Trump’s top strategist once described Ryan as “the enemy,” but now the former Breitbart News chief is the speaker’s best chance to win approval for his border-adjusted tax, which Republicans currently say has almost no hope of clearing the Senate.
In a handful of White House meetings, Ryan found that Bannon was perhaps the most enthusiastic backer of the border-adjustment plan, according to a senior administration official and a person familiar with the sessions.
A vigorous endorsement from Donald Trump could help save the border-adjustment plan, which is running into strong opposition from the energy industry and retailers. The retailers took the unusual step of launching an advertising campaign on the tax issue aimed at viewers of Fox News’ Fox and Friends and Saturday Night Live, TV programs Trump is known to watch. (Read more from “Ryan and Bannon Forge Unexpected Alliance on Border Tax” please click HERE)
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