Trump’s Rift with Thune Drives a Wedge Into the GOP

“President Donald Trump won’t stop needling Senate Majority Leader John Thune, no matter how much it splinters Republicans,” Semafor reports.

“The president is heaping demands on Thune as the Senate GOP looks to head home for August and try to shore up its increasingly fragile majority. Thune says much of what Trump wants is not attainable, but the presidential pressure is unrelenting.”

“And many of Thune’s members are resisting Trump, too — a hangover from the president’s past bouts with three Republican senators he prodded into retirement or defeat.”