Donald Trump's ‘detractors' are now in a ‘very weakened position'
'There are really three aspects to the bill that I think we're going to be talking about over the next year, year and a half,' Mr Chen told Sky News Australia.
'He set an extremely aggressive timeline on it, to get it done by the fourth of July.
'It's extremely kind of symbolic for him.
'He's also demonstrated that his detractors are in a very weakened position.'
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