Charm, patience and Twitter tactics: How Trump, McConnell kept GOP in line on impeachment

WASHINGTON – In the middle of an impeachment trial that threatened to upend his presidency, a confident Donald Trump gathered two dozen Republican senators on the South Lawn of the White House for an unlikely celebration.Touting the completion of his trade deal with Mexico and Canada, Trump called out the senators one by one as "great," "my friend from the beginning" and – perhaps his highest compliment of all – a "big fixture" on TV."Maybe I'm being [...]