Punchbowl News: “President Donald Trump has created lots of problems on Capitol Hill. And increasingly, he’s leaving Senate Majority Leader John Thune on the sidelines as he tries to solve them…”
“The problem with this strategy: These are Senate problems. It was Senate Republicans who revolted over the anti-weaponization fund. It’s Senate Democrats who are standing in the way of a Section 702 reauthorization ahead of Friday’s deadline.”
“Yet Trump appears to be boxing out Thune, who isn’t changing his tactics to suit the president. The reasons for this underscore the stark differences between how Thune and Johnson operate, as well as Trump’s frustrations with the Senate.”
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