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Conservatives grapple with the Trump dilemma

By David M. Drucker
Published January 28, 2018 6:01am ET
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Conservatives grapple with the Trump dilemma
"We don't get involved in personalities, and all the other stuff, that's just not what we do," said Tim Phillips, who runs Americans for Prosperity, when National Public Radio's Tim Mak pressed him on his views on Trump's impact on the midterm. "The president was certainly an asset in the tax reform effort; there's no question." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) | Andrew Harnik

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The political conundrum President Trump creates for conservative activists was glaringly evident on Saturday as the Koch brothers network gathered for its annual winter donor conference.

During a news conference as three days of policy and political seminars began in this upscale desert community 150 miles east of Los Angeles, Koch political network officials gingerly handled questions about Trump, responding with all deliberate care to minimize differences and not offend a chief executive that is notoriously thin-skinned.

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