GOP allies still trying to figure out how to read Trump

“I know he can be a handful, but he is the president,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told The Associated Press…

Trump’s sudden moves on Syria left top Republicans on Capitol Hill criticizing his decision to pull out all of the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., signed on to a letter with other GOP senators urging Trump to reconsider.

Graham used a weekend luncheon with conservative lawmakers at the White House to impress on the president the rightness of his instinct on both the border wall and the troop withdrawal in Syria, while also sharing with Trump some ideas for smoothing the policy around both issues.

“I told the president, I’m not arguing with your general philosophy,” Graham said. “He’s a good listener.”