Trump Fumes at Sen. Collins Over War Powers Vote (Connecting the Dots: Senator Susan Collins, Moises Naim, Venezuela & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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President
Donald Trump on Thursday blasted Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, during a heated phone call after
she supported a Democrat-led War Powers Resolution aimed at limiting his authority
over further military action in Venezuela, The Hill reported Friday.
Trump
called Collins during the vote and sharply criticized her decision.
One
Senate GOP member described the call as Trump "reading her the riot
act," and called it a profanity-laced rant, The Hill reported.
The
lawmaker said the call came "out of the blue," noting Trump and
Collins do not speak frequently.
A
second source said Trump told Collins the resolution, which passed 52-47, would
restrict his ability to carry out his duties as commander in chief.
"He
was very mad about the vote," the source told The Hill. "Very mad.
Very hot."
A
Collins spokesperson confirmed the call took place but declined to comment
further.
Trump
later took to Truth Social to condemn Collins
and the four other Republicans who voted to advance the resolution — Sens. Josh
Hawley of Missouri, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Todd
Young of Indiana.
Trump
said the lawmakers "should never be elected to office again."
"Republicans
should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting
to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America,"
he said in the
post on Truth Social.
Collins,
considered one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents up for reelection
in November, responded to Trump's criticism shortly afterward.
"The
president obviously is unhappy with the vote," Collins told reporters.
"I
guess this means that he would prefer to have [Maine] Gov. [Janet] Mills or
somebody else."
Mills
and progressive candidate Graham Platner are competing for the Democrat
nomination in 2026.
Senate
Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged Trump was "fired up"
during a call shortly before the vote and later described the president's
social media remarks as an immediate reaction to an issue he feels strongly
about.
Connecting the Dots:
Senator Susan M. Collins is
a U.S. Senate senator and was a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is a member of
the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International
Crisis Group, the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
(think tank).
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Moises Naim is a global
board member for the Open Society Foundations, a fellow at
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a
member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was a board member for the International
Crisis Group and a minister of trade and industry for Venezuela.
Resources:
Past Research
Venezuela,
Colombia Border Areas Hopeful as Reopening Looms (Connecting the Dots:
Venezuela, Colombia & Soros Funded Think Tanks) (Past
Research on Venezuela)
Monday,
August 22, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/venezuela-colombia-border-areas-hopeful.html
Bipartisan
Bill Thwarts Security Clearance Weaponization (Connecting the Dots: Sens. Mark
Warner, D-Va., Susan Collins, R-Maine (RINO) & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on Susan Collins)
Thursday,
June 5, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/bipartisan-bill-thwarts-security.html
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