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This has been a challenging week for Senate Republicans, and they are reaching a \u201cbreaking point\u201d with President Donald Trump over fears for their own \u201cpolitical survival,\u201d reports Punchbowl News.<\/p>\n

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One prominent Senate Republican had just lost his primary race to a Trump-backed opponent when the president snubbed another prominent Senate Republican to endorse his ultra-MAGA rival in Texas \u2014 leading to fears the Democratic candidate could win that longtime red seat.<\/p>\n

Then on Thursday, Senate Republicans met with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for nearly two hours. Reporters said it did not go well. Republicans are furious over not just the president\u2019s $1.8 billion compensation fund for alleged victims of DOJ weaponization during the Biden administration \u2014 but also for the timing the White House chose to announce it, disrupting their efforts to pass a critical reconciliation bill so thoroughly Majority Leader John Thune sent them home.<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually,\u201d Punchbowl reports, \u201cSenate Republicans were going to prioritize their own political survival over President Donald Trump\u2019s wants and needs. They have. But it just might be too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, some say, the prospect of the GOP losing control of the Senate seems more likely than it did just a few months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany Republicans fear Trump is determined to bring them down with him \u2014 along with their shared legislative agenda,\u201d Punchbowl observed. \u201cSenate Republican leaders are now coming to grips with the reality that advancing Trump\u2019s priorities may be in conflict with their efforts to retain the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Punchbowl cites an \u201cerosion of good will\u201d between Senate Republicans and Trump that has been \u201cbuilding steadily for months over campaign strategy disputes, uneven White House messaging and Trump\u2019s attempts to get rid of the filibuster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House \u201cisn\u2019t making life easier\u201d for Capitol Hill Republicans.<\/p>\n

Some see the president\u2019s actions as severely limiting the Republicans\u2019 ability to pass their agenda \u2014 and his.<\/p>\n

Political journalist Isaac Saul this week noted that Trump has successfully managed to oust several congressional Republicans \u2014 with one more possibility on the way \u2014 but by doing so he has severely imperiled his critical majority in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne understated reality of what Trump has done: He basically just nuked his Senate majority for the next six months,\u201d wrote Saul.<\/p>\n

The enmity between the Senate GOP and the White House has become so great that one reporter on Thursday point-blank asked Trump if he is \u201closing control\u201d over Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cI really don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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