Even before his historic inauguration last week, President Donald Trump was wearing out the phone lines – as well as the gears of the elevators at Trump Tower – with bipartisan outreach unseen since the Reagan years.

He had multiple calls with top Democratic lawmakers, and invited many to visit him in Trump Tower.

Even some of his biggest critics admitted that Trump has done more to reach across the aisle in just two and half a months than Barack Obama did in his entire presidency.

He even spoke to some Democrats more than Obama did!

“I have almost spoken as much to (Trump) so far as I did in eight years with Obama,” West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, told The Washington Examiner. “That tells you a lot right there.”

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Some… including Manchin… were even considered for top Cabinet posts.

And what did that goodwill and outreach get the new president?

Nothing.

Instead of vowing to work with the new president, Democrats plan to fight tooth and nail to block his agenda, even on what should completely nonpartisan issues such as fixing America’s decaying infrastructure and bringing jobs back to the heartland.

It’s as if Democrats are trying to punish the very voters who elected Trump!

Why such nasty behavior from the other side?

They’re trying to appeal to their base and get re-elected, not govern.

Just this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi mocked the president as “insecure” for demanding an investigation into allegations of voter fraud, an issue lawmakers on both sides of the aisle should be concerned about.

“I frankly feel very sad for the president making this claim,” Nancy Pelosi told The Washington Post. “I felt sorry for him. I even prayed for him – but then I prayed for the United States of America.”

It’s a sound bite leftists will eat up, even while the rest of America rolls it’s eyes.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver claimed Trump failed the moment he was sworn in when he didn’t give an immediate speech of apology.

Cleaver didn’t make the same demand of Sen. Chuck Schumer, who used his speech at the inauguration to launch a thinly veiled attack on the new president.

“Whatever our race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, whether we are immigrant or native-born,” Schumer said at the inauguration, hitting on all the groups that claim to have been aggrieved by Trump. “Whether we live with disabilities or do not. In wealth or in poverty, we are all exceptional in our commonly held, yet fierce devotion to our country.”

That rancor wasn’t limited to the dais outside The Capitol.

Once inside, Schumer resumed his attacks.

President Barack Obama had SEVEN of his Cabinet nominees in place on his first day as president.

SEVEN.

President Trump?

TWO.

Schumer is a key reason for that. He demanded that Republicans reschedule Cabinet hearings. In return, Schumer agreed to a simple voice vote to approve some noncontroversial picks on Inauguration Day, especially Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director.

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When the day came, Schumer backpedaled and Pompeo was left in limbo despite no doubts over his competence, qualifications or experience. He was finally approved on Monday by an overwhelming two-thirds majority.

Republicans denounced Schumer’s last-minute moves as a betrayal of trust.

“Trust is important, even between adversaries,” Senator John Cornyn said, according to the National Review. “And that trust has been damaged.”

Anything to get re-elected.

— The Horn editorial team