{"id":6509,"date":"2025-01-21T00:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2025-01-21T00:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:45:55","slug":"sen-fetterman-to-become-first-democrat-to-meet-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6509","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Fetterman To Become First Democrat To Meet With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman is driving his own party insane as he has not had the kneejerk response of being against President-elect Donald Trump that many Democrats have had.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6510\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/468916786_122129000546461734_8543588581175346891_n-1-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/468916786_122129000546461734_8543588581175346891_n-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/468916786_122129000546461734_8543588581175346891_n-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To that end he confirmed to reporters on Friday that he will be heading to Florida to meet with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago home, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/fetterman-trump-mar-a-lago\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the plan. Yes, we are going to have a conversation,\u201d the senator said of their planned meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman will be the first elected Democrat senator to have a formal meeting with Trump since his election in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that one, he\u2019s the president, or he will be officially,\u201d the maverick senator said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation \u2014 or invite someone to have a conversation \u2014 to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been very clear that I have ongoing conversations with people that are going to have an impact on Pennsylvania and for the nation,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I am a senator for Pennsylvania, not just for Democrats. I am a senator for everyone in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As most Democrats scoffed at Trump\u2019s plans to gain control of Greenland, Fetterman did not dismiss the idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea what\u2019s going to exactly come up. So, I mean, regardless of whatever comes up, that\u2019s going to be part of the conversation,\u201d he said to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>He later joked with reporters who asked him why he was going to meet with the president-elect, saying, \u201cI\u2019m angling to be named the pope of Greenland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December Fetterman placed blame for the Democrat defeat on former House Speaker and Democrat California Rep. Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Politico, Fetterman went after Pelosi when asked if he thought President Joe Biden should have dropped out of the race after the terrible debate with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. 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