With narrow majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Republicans must decide whether to divide his wide-ranging legislative goals into separate measures to ensure quick action or combine them in one sprawling package that could take months to finalize.
"I would prefer one, but I will do whatever needs to be done to get it passed," Trump said in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt radio programme on Monday.
"I'm open to either way as long as we get something passed as quickly as possible."
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