TRUMP MAKING NICE? – AT 9:46 A.M. ET:  Donald Trump may be starting a charm offensive to convince angry Republicans that he is a civilized grown-up.  From Fox:

Donald Trump will reportedly meet Monday in Washington with nearly two dozen influential Republicans, with the apparent hope of improving relations with the GOP establishment.

The Republican presidential front-runner will be in the nation’s capital to speak at the annual policy conference for AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major pro-Israel group.

Trump’s meeting with Republican lawmakers and other party leaders, as first reported by The Washington Post, will be his first major discussion with them since last fall, when he was on Capitol Hill to protest President Obama’s Iranian nuclear agreement.

The off-the-record meeting was reportedly organized in part by Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions, who has endorsed Trump.

The names of the attendees have not been released, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told “Fox News Sunday” that he’ll be in his home state of Kentucky on Monday, while Congress is on a two-week recess.

COMMENT:  There are all kinds of reports about this meeting popping up on the internet.  One has it that anti-Trump Republicans will try to infiltrate it to confront Trump.  Other reports say that the make-nice meeting will have no effect, that angry Republicans with deep pockets are serious about trying to deprive Trump of the Republican nomination.

Stand by.  This is becoming an intriguing story.  If Trump fails at making peace with his opponents within the party, the combat could get much worse.  Trump fights.

March 21, 2016