Tensions between Trump, GOP senators go from bad to worse
Key takeaways
- Trump then blew up at GOP lawmakers during a Wednesday lunch meeting over a successful resolution a day earlier that directed him to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran.
- In a 47-50 vote, that measure, nearly identical to the one that was approved by the Senate on Tuesday in a vote that infuriated Trump, was defeated.
- Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who exploded at Trump during the Wednesday lunch meeting, voted against it after receiving a briefing on the Iran war at the White House ahead of the vote.
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Trump then blew up at GOP lawmakers during a Wednesday lunch meeting over a successful resolution a day earlier that directed him to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran.
In a sign of how badly the rupture jarred Republicans, the Senate GOP late Wednesday night quickly sought to make amends with the president, reversing course by rejecting a new Iran resolution that directed Trump to remove forces from hostilities with Iran without a declaration of war or a specific authorization for military force.
In a 47-50 vote, that measure, nearly identical to the one that was approved by the Senate on Tuesday in a vote that infuriated Trump, was defeated. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of four Republicans who voted for the previous measure, voted present this time.