Republican lawmakers’ frustration with President Trump’s frenetic leadership resurfaced this week after the White House sparked an avoidable political firestorm and was indecisive on immigration policy.

As Republicans in Congress dodged the crossfire of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy of splitting families caught crossing the Southern border illegally, they struggled to divine his position on twin immigration reform bills moving through the House and obtain assurances from him that he wouldn’t turn against them after the vote.

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