Trump feud with Koch network exposes rift between populist forces and establishment GOP
2018-08-01 11:56:17 source：The Washington Post
July 31, 2018
President Trump’s tight grip on the Republican Party is being openly challenged by the powerful network of ideological conservatives linked to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, splaying out long-simmering tensions over the party’s future just months before the midterm elections.
Trump on Tuesday dismissed the mounting criticism of his trade and immigration policies from Koch and his allies as the battle cry of a faction that has “become a total joke in real Republican circles.”
“I don’t need their money or bad ideas,” Trump wrote on Twitter, adding, “I have beaten them at every turn.”
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