GOP leader faces Trump test in latest shutdown crisis

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is treading carefully with President Trump on the year-end spending fight.

McConnell has made it clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown, for which Republicans would get most of the blame.

“The leader has expressed his views on a partial shutdown several times publicly,” a McConnell aide told The Hill.

But he’s letting Trump, who has threatened to veto a spending bill that fails to fund his border wall, take the lead.

“It’s the president's battle, so I think he’s going to set the terms,” said Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (Texas), McConnell’s top deputy in leadership.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/421592-gop-leader-faces-trump-test-in-latest-shutdown-crisis

What's the Trump test? The ability to consume bullshit and not gag?