WATCH: Trump ‘wants to get' stock-trading ban done, Hawley insists after president's brutal attack on bill

Despite President Donald Trump's harsh criticism over his bill to ban stock trading among top government officials, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., insists he has a good rapport with the president, who shares his goal of enacting such a ban.

"The president and I had a really good conversation," Hawley told Fox News Digital on Thursday, adding "he wants to get it done."

"What the White House wanted was that the president, the vice president not be covered. They're not, the offices are, but it'll be the next office holders," he explained.

The Missouri Republican added that "in fairness, we did the same thing for Joe Biden. We passed this last year, and we set the date out so th...