Trump friction with GOP senators may imperil his agenda, say senators

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

05/26/26 6:00 AM ET


Senate Republican sources say that President Trump’s agenda for the rest of the year is in serious trouble, including a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, after tempers erupted at a meeting between GOP senators and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last week.

GOP senators say that Trump has no chance of getting taxpayer money to fund construction of the White House ballroom and are warning that he will probably have to abandon or significantly reform his proposal to establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund if the stalled budget reconciliation package has any chance of passing before the midterm election. Senate sources say there’s a group of four GOP senators whom Trump has alienated — Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.), Bill Cassidy (La.), John Cornyn (Texas), and Rand Paul (Ky.) — who could make it tougher to get things passed through the Senate the rest of this year.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said it became clear after last week’s fiery meeting with Blanche that the administration could have a tough time moving its agenda through Congress for the rest of this year because of Trump’s strained relationships with Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn and Paul. “We have a 53-47 majority, if you lose four senators, you’re below 50 and you can’t get anything done,” he said on his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz.” “That is going to be a complicating factor for the rest of the year,” he warned.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5893000-gop-senate-trump-strained-relations/

[J_William_Ryan]

1. 'significantly reform his proposal to establish a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund'

Trump’s domestic terrorist slush fund should be DOA as well.

That Senate Republicans would consider funding payouts to Trump’s insurrectionists, thugs, and criminals shows Republicans are just as reprehensible and wrong as Trump.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. My message to GOP Senators...."IMPERIL Trump's agenda, PLEASE!"

Even they, finally, are growing balls. That has to piss Donnie Dipshit off.

Derail him and cause him to put his focus on opposing those Senators in 2028 when they are up for re-election.

[33taw]

3. How much is the UFC event going to cost the taxpayers?

[durablend]

6. "How much you got?"

[padfun]

4. This is good news for my morning read

[SergeStorms]

5. It's past time....

for Congress to tell the spoiled, petulant child in the White House (or more likely, Mar-ma-lardo)....NO!

I'll believe it when I see it.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Won't happen until Democrats take back at least one chamber

[SergeStorms]

9. Or.....

republicans reclaim their spines. 😉

[BumRushDaShow]

10. This current group of Republicans are a bunch of cowardly, unethical wusses

So that ain't happening!

[SergeStorms]

11. No truer words....

have been spoken. If the republican party wants to reestablish itself it has to cleanse itself of everything MAGA.

[chernabogg]

8. No, it won't.

They will happily gargle his nutsack. Always have, always will. Hope I’m wrong, though.

[BaronChocula]

12. Wow. Hard to imagine Renegade Cornyn

Even as he's being dragged by the bus Dumbold Trump threw him under. He still has fully digested Big Mac on his breath. But it would be great to see.

And let's hope Lisa Murkowski "thinks it's best for Alaska" to gravitate away from anything with ketchupy fingerprints on it.

[ConstanceCee]

13. Leave the Party

It would be so great if these four would leave the party, become independents, and vote freely for what's right.

[maxsolomon]

14. Cassidy lost his primary to a Trumper candidate.

I should hope there's some friction, JFC.