"One of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter," he said in prepared remarks obtained by The AP. "So I stand before you today...to say that this will be my last term as #Republican leader of the #Senate."
His decision punctuates a powerful #ideological transition underway in the #RepublicanParty, from #RonaldReagan's brand of traditional #conservatism & strong international #alliances, to the fiery, often #isolationist #populism of Trump.