Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer
Schmitt joins POLITICO's Dasha Burns to talk about his closeness with the Trump administration, driving the Senate's $9.4 billion rescissions bill, his involvement with passing Trump's 'big, beautiful bill,' his belief in Medicaid reform, the controversy over the release of the Epstein files and what he describes as his 'America First' — but not isolationist — foreign policy approach.
'I think a slur that's often uttered is that it's an isolationist point of view,' Schmitt told Burns. 'That's not true at all.'
(Note: This interview was conducted before the Senate and House passage of the rescissions bill.)
Plus, POLITICO reporter Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for office and how the phenomenon is reshaping electoral politics.
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