Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) will be the first among his colleagues to sit down at Mar-a-Lago with President-elect Donald J. Trump. The Pennsylvania Democrat has signaled an openness—unlike many in his party—to working with the Trump White House to speedily confirm the President-elect’s cabinet nominations, as well as to secure the border and remove violent illegal immigrants from the country. In addition, Fetterman has voiced support for Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark.
“That is the plan. Yes, we are going to have a conversation,” Fetterman said of the impending meeting. He continued: “I think that one, he’s the President, or he will be officially, and I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the President would like to have a conversation—or invite someone to have a conversation—to have it.”
“And no one is my gatekeeper,” the Pennsylvania Democrat added.
Still in his first term in the United States Senate, Fetterman has developed a reputation as a politician prone to bucking even some of his party’s most sacred cows, including immigration policy. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Senator backed the passage of the Laken Riley Act—which requires the automatic detention of illegal immigrants who commit theft or burglary—and shamed fellow Democrats who would not support the bill.
The Democrat Senator also backed President-elect Trump’s call to block Japanese-owned Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover of U.S. Steel—with lame-duck President Joe Biden acquiescing to their demand. […]
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