Trump’s Late-Night Demands Push Senate Into Chaos, Thune Struggles to Keep GOP Unified
TL;DR
President Trump’s relentless, late‑night policy pushes are destabilizing Senate leadership, with Thune trying to keep Republicans united as Trump derails plans to revive the expired surveillance law, pressures a DNI nomination, and links voting‑ID and other fights to key bills—creating intra‑party tensions and complicating moves on housing, immigration, and national security policy.
- Trump and Thune’s dynamic turns the Senate ‘very chaotic’ Semafor
- Trump Feuds With Thune and G.O.P., Stoking Election-Year Rift The New York Times
- Trump Has Turned John Thune’s Job Into a Total Nightmare nymag.com
- Opinion | Trump keeps embarrassing Senate Republicans The Washington Post
- Inside John Thune’s arithmetic Roll Call
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