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Article snippet: MORE did most of the talking at a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday where disagreements between the White House and his congressional allies were pushed to the side. Trump dominated the room, voicing confidence about the midterm elections, updating lawmakers on diplomatic talks with North Korea and even musing about retiring one day to West Virginia. He took only two questions from lawmakers during the hourlong meeting which was just as notable for the topics that didn’t come up: Sen. MORE (R-Ariz.) and trade policies that have unnerved senators from agriculture-heavy states. The story about a White House aide’s derisive comments about McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, dominated headlines and cable news ahead of the meeting. Just on Monday night, Sen. MORE (R-La.) called the comments “stupid” and “a big mistake.” But when face-to-face with Trump, no one in the room dared to challenge him over the lack of an apology. “That’s not what we do in these meetings, OK? No one would have ever brought up something like that,” Sen. MORE (R-Tenn.) told reporters after the meeting. GOP senators also backed away from challenging Trump over his trade agenda, which has sparked strong criticism from farm-state Republicans in recent months. Sen. MORE (R-Kan.), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, did not press the president on retaliatory Chinese trade tariffs despite complaining about the administration’s threat of tariffs f... Link to the full article to read more