Republican senators appear to have a difference in political opinion with President Donald Trump, many of them holding polar opposite positions on how best to win the 2026 midterms. Reports indicate that, during a fiery luncheon with GOP senators yesterday, June 24, a furious Trump took them to task over a Tuesday war powers vote, which would have set the stage for limiting his negotiations with Iran. The GOP caucus then went back to Congress and forced a vote, essentially nullifying the previous measure. But the contentious dining experience was only one part of a battle-filled day between the president and the upper-chamber leadership.
Senate Republicans seem determined to enact a pre-2016 playbook for the midterms in which the phrase “go big or go home” was never even a footnote. Meanwhile, Trump seems ready to swing for the fences, and if bipartisan bills get killed or delayed in the process, then so be it.
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