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As President Donald Trump grapples with Senate Republicans over efforts to pass his agenda, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says that the commander in chief\u2019s allies live in an \u201calternative universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is according to the latest from Punchbowl Media<\/u>, reporting during the run-up to a meeting scheduled for Wednesday between the president and his party\u2019s Senators. As Punchbowl explains, \u201cIf GOP senators tell the president what they\u2019ve been saying to reporters in the halls and discussing privately among themselves, the meeting could be high-stakes for Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because many Republicans on Capitol Hill feel that Trump has \u201cblindsided\u201d Thune with many recent decisions, not only \u201cderailing their shared legislative agenda but also putting their Senate majority at risk.\u201d What\u2019s more, constant GOP infighting over Trump\u2019s demands that the party advance the SAVE America Act and nuke the filibuster has divided the caucus and increased its ire toward the president. <\/p>\n

Trump doesn\u2019t have the votes he needs for the SAVE Act \u2014 his much vaunted voter ID law that critics say will disenfranchise millions of voters \u2014 and therefore wants Republican Senators to end the filibuster that Democrats can use to block the bill indefinitely. But many Republicans are hesitant to do so, knowing the tables are likely to turn after the November midterms, in which they are expected to lose their majority in one or both Houses. <\/p>\n

According to Thune, those in his conference who advocate caving to Trump\u2019s demands reside in an \u201calternative universe\u201d of social media, where the echochamber lends the impression that their ideas are more popular than they really are. Support for the move, he asserts, is not as one-sided as Trump seems to think. As Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) noted, both Trump and Thune hold \u201cbroad support\u201d within the party. <\/p>\n

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Punchbowl reports that \u201cother GOP leaders are trying to convince Trump that his focus on the filibuster and SAVE isn\u2019t just bad for them \u2014 it\u2019s bad for him, too. They want Trump to highlight issues that unite them, such as the tax cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill, and go on offense against Democrats instead of sniping at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, the Senate faces more complications heading into its two-week July 4th recess as \u201cTrump has stalled his own nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence, choosing instead to keep intel neophyte Bill Pulte in the role in an acting capacity. That means a reauthorization of FISA Section 702, which has been dark for two and a half weeks, is going nowhere.\u201d <\/p>\n

And \u201con Iran, Senate GOP hawks have been openly critical of the ongoing negotiations, especially in light of the administration\u2019s decision to lift oil sanctions.\u201d On Tuesday, that tension increased after the Senate rebuked Trump by adopting a non-binding Iran war powers resolution, prompting his rage. <\/p>\n

\u201cFour Republican Losers voted with the Dumocrats, and Iran asked my people, \u2018what does that all mean?\u2019\u201d Trump ranted on social media in response. \u201cThese Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done!\u201d <\/p>\n

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