GOP, Trump and bill
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“Sean Duffy was the world champion for five years, climbing trees and down — up and down — world champion. So that’s what you call a serious lumberjack. And he’s doing a fantastic job, too, a really respected guy,” Trump said in Qatar.
President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that the country is "stupid" for allowing birthright citizenship in the U.S., adding that it "leads to the dysfunction of America." The president urged the Supreme Court to test the limits of the 14th Amendment,
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., also worked past midnight trying to resolve issues with Trump’s plan. Opposition is mounting from various corners of the GOP majority as he tries to muscle the party’s signature package to passage without any votes from Democrats.
Sen. John Kennedy, a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump, does not seem to be a huge fan of this whole “accept a $400 million flying palace from Qatar’s ruling family and upgrade it into a new Air Force One” plan.
The fight has pitted the GOP's top tax writer against a determined bloc of House Republicans from high-tax states. It has also created divisions between the pro-SALT Republicans.
As a staunch Trump ally openly acknowledges the truth about the House GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” a leading health care reporter explains all the ways it will seriously hurt the Trump-MAGA working-class base.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-G.A.), one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest MAGA hardliners, also spoke a piece of her mind — criticizing her own colleagues in the process.