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Article snippet: BROWNSBURG, Ind. — The courtship started out well enough. President Trump invited Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana and two other Democrats to the White House for dinner to talk about his tax plan. “It was civil and I thought he was really interested in what I had to say,” Mr. Donnelly remembered, adding, “It was not a show.” The president later asked Mr. Donnelly, who is up for re-election next year, to join him on Air Force One to travel to Indiana in late September to formally roll out the proposal, and to ride with him in the presidential motorcade. And then the show began. With the lights bright and the crowd at the state fairgrounds applauding, the president abruptly changed his tone. “If Senator Donnelly doesn’t approve it — because, you know, he’s on the other side — we will come here, we will campaign against him like you wouldn’t believe,” Mr. Trump said. It was a now familiar Trump maneuver, a combination of cajolement and threat that the president is likely to increasingly employ with Democrats like Mr. Donnelly because of the fractious relationship he has with his own party. The easy time Senate Republicans had passing a budget resolution Thursday night is not expected to be repeated when they take up a tax bill, and Mr. Trump will need every vote he can get. For Mr. Donnelly, his hold on office already perilous, supporting a Republican tax bill is only the latest possibility he must consider in the delicate dance of running for another term next year ... Link to the full article to read more